Kingdom Fungi Flashcards
Fungi nutrients method?
Absorb dissolved nutrients
Fungi is a sister kingdom with
Animals
Fungi evolved from…
Common flagellated unicellular ancestor
Relevance of fungi nutrience method?
They break stuff down
Yeast means…
Unicellular fungi
Fungi common body structure
Multicellular filaments (hyphae) and single cells (yeasts)
Mycelium consists of…
Network of hyphae
Fungi cell walls have…
Chitin
Fungi absorbing dissolved nutrients means…
They see heterotrophs, don’t make own stuff like plants
Mycelia is useful because
Massive surface area.
Fungi reproduce by
Spores, sexually or asexually
Fungi roles in ecosystem
Decomposes, symbiotic roles (mutualistic and parasite)
Fungal-plant mutualism
Endophytes, fungi living inside plants that boosts hosts tolerance
Mycorrhizae, extend plant roots
Mychorrizae, meaning and benefits
When fungi connect and extend plant roots
Fungi benefit: carbohydrates from plant photosynthesis.
Plant benefit: better mineral and water uptake.
Fungal-Anumal mutualism
Fungi helps some termites break down wood
Fungal-Algal mutualism
Lichens
Fungi and Algae so close that lichens are named like one organism
Lichen reproduction
Fragmentation
Soredia (small clusters of hyphae with impeded algae)
Pathogenic fungi examples
Blue stain fungus (it +beetle hurts lodgepole pine trees)
Bat white-nose syndrome
Humans benefit from fungi?
Yeast to make alcohol
Used to study eukaryotes
Morels and truffles are tasty
Decomposers are very useful
