Kingdoms: Fungi Flashcards
What is the Kingdom Fungi?
Latin for “mushroom”
Fungi are heterotrophic
Consists of molds (multicellular), yeasts (unicellular), and mushrooms (multicellular)
Include over 10,000 different species grouped into 4 phyla that end in -mycetes (Greek for “fungus”)
What are saprobes?
“Rotten livers” that release enzymes to partially digest the dead remains of organisms and absorb the nutrients as small molecules released by this digestion. Saprophytic fungi get nourishment from this procedure.
What are the special seeds called that are released by mature fruiting bodies?
Spores
What are the thin, thread-like, web-like filaments made by settled spores called?
Hyphae
What are mycelium?
An extensive branching web-like network of thousands of filaments made from two adjacent hyphae of different mating types fusing together; it’s mostly underground.
What’s a mushroom?
The fruiting body and reproductive structure of a mycelium and is actually a network of tightly packed hyphae.
Describe the Phylum Basidiomycetes.
It’s typically seen in nature; it includes mushrooms, puffballs (spherical fruiting bodies that rupture, releasing spores), and shelf fungi (grows on tree bark). It gets its name from the basidia that grow from the
What are saprobes?
“Rotten livers” that release enzymes to partially digest the dead remains of organisms and absorb the nutrients as small molecules released by this digestion. Saprophytic fungi get nourishment from this procedure.
What is the Kingdom Fungi?
Latin for “mushroom”
Fungi are heterotrophic
Consists of molds (multicellular), yeasts (unicellular), and mushrooms (multicellular)
Include over 10,000 different species grouped into 4 phyla that end in -mycetes (Greek for “fungus”)
What are the special seeds called that are released by mature fruiting bodies?
Spores
What are the thin, thread-like, web-like filaments made by settled spores called?
Hyphae
What are mycelium?
An extensive branching web-like network of thousands of filaments made from two adjacent hyphae of different mating types fusing together; it’s mostly underground.
What’s a mushroom?
The fruiting body and reproductive structure of a mycelium and is actually a network of tightly packed hyphae.
What are saprobes?
“Rotten livers” that release enzymes to partially digest the dead remains of organisms and absorb the nutrients as small molecules released by this digestion. Saprophytic fungi get nourishment from this procedure.
What is the Kingdom Fungi?
Latin for “mushroom”
Fungi are heterotrophic
Consists of molds (multicellular), yeasts (unicellular), and mushrooms (multicellular)
Include over 10,000 different species grouped into 4 phyla that end in -mycetes (Greek for “fungus”)
