Kingdom Fungi Flashcards
Kingdom Fungi
Synapomorphy
Chitin in cell walls
Kingdom Fungi
3 lifestyles
Saprobe
Parasite
Symbiont
Kingdom Fungi
Saprobe =
Decay organic matters
Kingdom Fungi
Parasite =
Draw nutrients from another living organism
Kingdom Fungi
Symbiont =
In mutualistic relationship with plants or algae
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Chytridiomycota
Characteristics (3)
Microscopic
Unicellular
Parasitic
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Chytridiomycota
Reproduction pattern?
No pattern
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Zygomycota
“___ ___ ___”
Coenocytic true fungi
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Zygomycota
Hyphae =
Thread-like cells
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Zygomycota
Mycelia =
Hyphae bound together
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Zygomycota
Coenocytic =
Hyphae in mycelia dont always have cells walls that separate them
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Ascomycota
The ascomycetes =
Sac fungi
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Ascomycota
Examples
Truffles
Morels
Yeasts
Mildews
Ergot, Dutch Elm Disease
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Ascomycota
“Asco-“
Bag
Named agter the shape of spore container
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Ascomycota
Cellularity? (3)
Unicellular
Multi-cellular
Colonial
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Ascomycota
Hyphae have ___
Crosswall
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Basidiomycota
“___ Fungi”
Club Fungi
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Basidiomycota
“Basidio-“
Pedestal
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Basidiomycota
Affects on humans (3)
Food
only 75 species are poisonous (out of 25,000)
Crop destruction