Lab 3 + 4 Flashcards
Characteristics of Kingdom Fungi
- multicellular
- heterotrophic
- have hyphae
- major decomposers
- live closely to other organisms (plants)
- may be parasitic
- lack chlorophyll
- saprobe
4 main Phylum of fungi kingdom
- chytridiomycota
- zygomycota
- ascomycota
- basidiomycota
hyphae
fungal cells that grow in tubular and branched filaments
- absorb nutrients and transport all over fungal body
what is a group of hypae called
mycelium
fungi terrestrial or aquatic
most are terrestrial
fungi motile or non motile reproductive cells
most have non motile reproductive cells
cell walls made of…
chitin, therefore can’t engulf food
saprobe
use extracellular digestion to break down dead or decaying organic material
symbionts
fungi live in association with another organism
mycorrhizae
growing in and around the roots of plants to help them take water and fungi gets nutrients
parasites
live in or on organism and ‘steals’ nutrients
pathogenic
causes diseases - some fungi can be pathogenic
adaptations of fungi to prevent dehydration
- spores
- live within their nutrients (ex. soil)
spores
waterproof cells that remain dormant for years
how does fungi reproduce?
asexually - fragmentation of the mycelium or production of asexual spores
sexually - fusion of gametes
how are fungi divided into phyla?
based on the presence and absence of septa in their hypae and their sexual reproduction structures
septa
cross walls in their hyphae
do phyla chytridiomycota and zygomycota have septa?
no they do not. instead, they have single celled hyphal strand (multinucleate hyphal cells)
do phylum ascomycota and basidiomycota have septa
yes, therefore the hyphae cells are uninucleate
phylum of allomyces
chytridiomycota
phylum chytridiomycota characteristics
- mostly aquatic
- multinucleate
- aseptate - might only be present at the base of reproductive structures or old/injured hyphae
- primitive
- motile gametes
- some in soil
+ some in algae and plants
where does allomyces live
worldwide - small bodies of freshwater
what do the hypae of allomyces contain
sporangia and gamentangia as well as rhizoids
rhizoids
used to attach fungi to food source
is allomyces saptotroph
yes they use digestive enzymes from its rhizoids to break down matter
what colour is the male gametangia and where is it in allomyces
light orange; beneath female gametangium
discharge papillae
secrete male and female gametes
asexual sporangia
thin walled, long, gray, or colourless
sexual sporangia
thick walled, oval, reddish-brown
why is allomyces called alteration of generation
cause it switched between multicellular haploid generation and multicellular diploid generation
how does allomyces asexually reproduce
they release diploid zoospores through the thin walled sporangia
how does allomyces sexually reproduce
- diploid hyphae produces haploid zoospores through thick 2n sporangia
- haploid grows and matures into haploid hyphae and has female and male gametangium
- both female and male release diploid zoospores - zygota 2n
- zygote grows and becomes mature diploid hyphae
friends of allomyces
neocallimastix and batrachochytrium
phylum zygomycota
terrestrial
saprotrophs
parasites
insect pathogens
mycorrhizal with plants
no motile stage
aseptate
multinucleate hyphae
asexual/sexual reproduction