Intro to Fungi Flashcards
What name is used for the Holomorph name? Anamorph or teleomorph?
Teleomorph
What are the complications of the holomorph concept?
– Many fungi have no known teleomorph – Some fungi lost the ability to reproduce sexually – Some fungi reproduce sexually only rarely – Life cycles of many fungi are poorly understood
What Phylum is under Kingdom: Stramenophila?
Phylum: Oomycota
Phylum: Oomycota is under what Kingdom?
Kingdom: Stramenophila
What Phylum are under Kingdom: Fungi ?
–Phylum Zygomycota –Phylum Chytridomycota –Phylum Basidiomycota –Phylum Ascomycota –Phylum Deuteromycota
Rank - Phylum Suffix - ?
-mycota
Rank - Class Suffix - ?
-mycetes
Rank - Order Suffix - ?
-ales
Rank - Family Suffix - ?
-aceae
Acervulus
disc shaped, asexual fruiting body that erupts from within the plant tissue.
anamorph
asexual state
antheridium
sexual, male reproductive organ in Oomycota
apothecium
cup shaped ascocarp that holds asci
ascocarp
every sexual fruiting body of ascomycota.
ascospore
sexual spore of ascomycota
ascus
the sac that holds ascospores
basidiocarp
sexual fruiting body of the basidiomycota (mushroom)
basidiospore
sexual spore in basidiomycota that’s found on the basidia
basidium
club shaped structure bearing basidiospores
cleistothecium
closed ascocarp that holds asci
conidia
asexual spore in Basidomycota, Ascomycota and Deuteromycota
conidiophore
stalk that the conidia forms on
holomorph
whole fungus in all of its forms
oogonium
female, sexual reproductive organ of Oomycota
Oospore
thick-walled, sexual spore of Oomycota
Ostiole
opening at the top of the perithecium that ascospores exit
peridium
Outer wall of ascocarps