Kingdom Fungi Flashcards
KINGDOM FUNGI IS ALSO CALLED
KINDOM MYCOTA
ONLY GROUP WITH NO CHYTIN IN CELL WALL
OOMYCETES UNDER PHYCOMYCETES
Reserve food material in Fungi is
OIL AND GLYCOGEN
To derive nutrition, a knob-like structure is developed called
HAUSTORIA
The cell wall is made of
CHYTIN & POLYSACCHARIDES
the symbiotic relationship between fungi and algae
LICHENS
The symbiotic relation between fungi and higher plants is
MYCORRHIZA
The only class that does not produce spores is
BASIDIOMYCETES
SACCHAROMYCES reproduces by
BUDDING
SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES reproduce by
fission
RHIZOPUS reproduce by
FRAGMENTATION
ASEXUAL TYPES OF SPORES ARE
SPORANGIOSPORE & CONIDIA
CONIDIA IS ——SPORE
EXOGENOUS
MOTILE SPORES ARE
ZOOSPORES
IMPERFECT FUNGI ARE
DEUTEROMYCETES
SAC FUNGI ARE
ASCOMYCETES
CLUB FUNGI ARE
BASIDIOMYCETES
In sexual reproduction, spores are formed in
GAMETANGIUM
THE 3 STAGES OF SEXUAL REPRODUCTION ARE
1-PLASMOGAMY
2- KARYOGAMY
3- MEIOSIS
Dikaryophase is longer in
ASCOMYCETES AND BASIDIOMYCETES
THE CELL FORMED IN PLASMOGAMY IS
DIKARYON AND HAS UNFUSED NUCLEI
GAMETANGIAL CONTACT SPORE IS
OOSPORE
GAMETANGIAL COPULATION OR ISOGAMY SPORE IS
ZYGOSPORE
NAME SOME SEXUAL SPORES
BASIDIOSPORES, OOSPORES, ZYGOSPORES, PYCNIOSPORES, ASCOSPORES
THE HABITAT OF PHYCOMYCETES IS
AQUATIC , ON DECAYING WOOD, DAMP PLACES
MYCELIUM OF ASCOMYCETES
SEPTATE AND BRANCHED
LATE BLIGHT OF POTATO IS CAUSED BY
Phytophthora infestans
damping-off disease is caused by
Pythium
Oomycetes reproduce by
GAMETANGIAL CONTACT
Zygomycetes reproduce by
GAMETANGIAL COPULATION
WHITE RUST OF MUSTARD IS CAUSED BY
Albugo Candida? Cystopus candidus
Green ear disease of bajra is formed by
Sclerospora graminicola
Pilobolus is
Coprophillus
Ascomycetes mycelia are
septate and branched
Name the 3 types of ascocarps
a) cleistothecium (closed and ball-shaped)
b) Apothecium (open disc-shaped)
c) Perithecium (Flask shaped)
two types of Penicillium species for antibiotics
P. notatum & P. crysogenum
Aspergillosis is caused by
A. fumigatis
……………………… secretes toxins called aflatoxins which are carcinogenic
A. flavus
weed of laboratory is
Aspergillus niger
ergot disease is Rye and Bajra is caused by
Claviceps purpuera
powdery mild dew is caused by
Erysiphe
Penicillium produces ——— spores
CONIDIA
Aspergillus produces…………………. spores
Conidia
Basidiomycetes mycelium is
Septate and branched
……………………… has dolipore septa
Basidiomycetes
Agaricus reproduces by
vegetative fragmentation like Ustilago
Puccinia graminis causes
Rust of wheat
Puccinia reproduces by
spermatization
Puccinia falls under which class of fungi?
Basidiomycetes
Name the primary and secondary hosts of Puccinia
Wheat and Barberry respectively
primary infection on wheat caused by
aeciospores
secondary infection on wheat is caused by
uredospores
smut fungi are
ustilago
most poisonous mushroom
Amanita muscaria
Edible fungus
Agaricus bisporus
rust cycle was first observed by
KC Mehta
Epixylic fungi
Bracket fungi
Clavatia of puffballs gives
clavatin, an anti-cancer drug
Name the two fungi that cause smut disease in wheat
Ustilago tritica and Ustilago nudo
Deuteromycetes reproduce by
conidia
Athlete’s foot is caused by
Tinea pedis and trichophyton interdigitale
Early blight of potato is caused by
Alternaria Solani
Cercospora personata
Tikka disease of Groundnut
Colletotrichum falcatum
Red rot of sugarcane
leaf spot of rice
Helmintthosporium oryzae
Rinngworm
trichophyton & Microsporum
Only class of fungi with aseptate mycelium
Phycomycetes