INTRO TO MYCOLOGY

Question 1

fungi characteristics 
cell type:
chlorophyll:
oxygen:
nutrition:
plant kingdom:
cell wall and membrane:
grower type:

Answer 1

eukaryotic
no chlorophyll
obligate aerobes
saprophytic
thallophytes
chitin, ergosterol
slow grower

Question 2

two morphological form

Answer 2

yeast and mold

Question 3

yeast characteristics
cell type:
reproduction:
colony:
temp:

Answer 3

unicellular
asexual (budding)
creamy, pasty, moist
37 C

Question 4

mold characteristics
cell type:
colony:
temp:

Answer 4

multicellular
dry, powdery, woolly
room temp

Question 5

fundamental unit of fungi

Answer 5

hyphae

Question 6

function of hyphae

Answer 6

absorption of nutrients

Question 7

mass of countless hyphae

Answer 7

mycelium

Question 8

hyphae:

part that penetrates the medium and absorbs nutrients

Answer 8

vegetative mycelium/thallus

Question 9

hyphae:

part that extends above the surface of the colony; contains spores

Answer 9

aerial mycelium/reproductive

Question 10

types of hyphae:

no cross walls/division

Answer 10

aseptate (coenocytic)

Question 11

only fungi that are aseptate

Answer 11

zygomycetes

Question 12

types of hyphae:

hyphae divided into cells by cross walls

Answer 12

septate

Question 13

types of hyphae:

fungi with spiral hyphae

Answer 13

Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Question 14

types of hyphae:

fungi with nodular bodies

Answer 14

Microsporum canis

Question 15

types of hyphae:

fungi with racquet/club shaped areas

Answer 15

Epidermophyton floccosum

Question 16

types of hyphae:

fungi with pectinate body/broken comb

Answer 16

Microsporum audouinii

Question 17

types of hyphae:

fungi with antler hyphae

Answer 17

Trichophyton schoenleinii and Trichophyton violaceum

Question 18

fungi that only produces sexual spores

Answer 18

teleomorph

Question 19

fungi that only produces asexual spores

Answer 19

anamorph

Question 20

can produce both spores

Answer 20

polymorph/synanomorphs

Question 21

3 characteristics of sexual spores

Answer 21

sexual reproduction
meiosis
nuclear fusion

Question 22

types of sexual spores:

sac-like structure called ascus

Answer 22

ascospores

Question 23

types of sexual spores:

club-shaped structure called basidium

Answer 23

basidiospores

Question 24

types of sexual spores:

union of 2 undifferentiated/identical hyphal cells

Answer 24

zygospores

Question 25

types of sexual spores:

union of differentiated/non-identical hyphal cells

Answer 25

oospores

Question 26

3 characteristics of asexual spores

Answer 26

asexual reproduction
mitosis
no nuclear fusion

Question 27

types of asexual spores:

singly or in groups, conidiophores

Answer 27

conidia

Question 28

unicellular conidia, eliptoid

Answer 28

microconidia

Question 29

multicellular conidia, spindle shape

Answer 29

macroconidia

Question 30

types of asexual spores:

fragmentation of hyphal cell

Answer 30

arthroconidia

Question 31

types of asexual spores:

budding

Answer 31

blastoconidia

Question 32

types of asexual spores:

enlargement of the hyphal cell

Answer 32

chlamydoconidia

Question 33

naming of chlamydoconidia per part

Answer 33

intercalary - within
sessile - side
terminal - ends

Question 34

types of asexual spores:

sporangium

Answer 34

sporangiospore

Question 35

example of sporangiospore

Answer 35

zygomycete

Question 36

4 classification of fungi

Answer 36

zygomycota
ascomycota
basidiomycota
deuteromycota

Question 37

fungi in zygomycota (3)

Answer 37

mucor
rhizopus
absidia

Question 38

fungi in ascomycota (3)

Answer 38

histoplasma capsulatum
saccharomyces
aspergillus

Question 39

fungi in basidiomycota (1)

Answer 39

cryptococcus neoformans

Question 40

fungi in deuteromycota (2)

Answer 40

dermatophytes

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