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1
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Mycelium

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Mass of hyphae

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Hyphae

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Individual filaments in the fungi

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Septa

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Divide the cells of the fungi, there are holes in the septa that allow for communication between cells

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Chitin

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Polysaccharides of glucose, found in arthropods and Fungi

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How do fungi get their food?

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Fungi secretes digestive enzymes to break down organisms and absorbs the nutrients it needs

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What does the term mean to propagate?

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To reproduce

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How do fungi propagate?

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By making spores

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What is produced when two hyphae come together?

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Zygotes

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What must occur to produce haploid spores?

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Meiosis

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Where do you find Chytrids in nature?

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In the water

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What is unique about the spores of Chytrids?

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They are swimming spores that require water to disperse, they have a flagella

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What problems have chytrids caused amphibians?

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Causes abnormal posture and behavior, skin changes, sudden death, tadpoles with abnormal mouthpart.

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The mycelia of Rhizopus can undergo asexual reproduction by producing ____ that produces _____. The spores germinate into ______ ______.

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Hyphae, spores, more hyphae

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When two hyphae meet, sexual reproduction can occur. The hyphae ____ forming a zygosporangium.

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fuse

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The haploid nuclei in the zygosporangium fuse to form diploid ______.

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Nuclei

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The diploid nuclei undergo ______ and give rise to stalked sporangia that produce _____. The spores will germinate into new _______.

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Meiosis, spores, spores.

17
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Rhizopus not only grows on bread but it also grows on _____.

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Fruit

18
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Where are the spores of an ascomycete produced?

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At the end of specialized hyphae

19
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The spores of an ascomycete are called?

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Asco Spores

20
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Sexual reproduction in a basidiomycete begins when two _____ of opposite mating types meet and fuse. The fused _____ grow into a mycelium, each cell contains a single nucleus.

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Hyphae, Hyphae

21
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The hyphae from the ______ aggregate and produce a mushroom.

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mycelium

22
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Basidia form on the mushroom’s _______. There is a fusion between the two haploid nuclei in each ______ that produces a diploid nucleus.

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gills, basidia

23
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The diploid nucleus then divides by meiosis to give rise to ___ spores.

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4

24
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The basidiospores are dispersed and then germinate into new

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mushrooms

25
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The mushroom, puffball, stinkhorn, and shelf fungi are all ______ _______, which are dense aggregations of ______.

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Fruiting bodies, hyphae.

26
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The cap of a mushroom is called the _____

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pilius

27
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The stalk of a mushroom is called the ____.

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stipe

28
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Under the cap are the _____ which is where the ______ are found before they are released to produce new hyphae.

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gills, spores

29
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How is a fairy ring formed?

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Mycelium is grown in a ring underground

30
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Why are the Deuteromycetes not put in any other group?

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Imperfect fungi, sexual structures haven’t been observed

31
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What is a lichen?

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Formed by a fungi that live with photosynthetic algae or cyanobacteria in a symbiotic relationship

32
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What are mycorrhizae?

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A fungus associated with plant roots

33
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What kind of plant diseases are caused by fungi?

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Oak wilt/decline

34
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What kind of human diseases are caused by fungi?

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Oral Thrush (yeast infection of mouth), diaper rash = Candida
Ringworm

35
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What kinds of drugs are produced by fungi?

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Penicillin, cyclosporin, cephalosporin

36
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What kinds of foods are produced by fungi?

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Bread, beer, wine

37
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What kind of fungi do we eat?

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Mushrooms and cheese

38
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How do fungi aid in controlling pest and in decomposition?

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They decompose pests

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