Lab 3 and 4 Flashcards
What are fungi composed of
Strands of cells called hyphae
What are fungi known to be
Major decomposers
Four main Phyla of Fungi
Chydridiomycota
Zygomycota
Asomycota
Basidomycota
A group of hyphae
Mycelium
Is fungi Motile
With the exception of phylum chytridomyta, fungi have non motile reproductive cells
Major Habitat of fungi
Terrestrial ( a few are aquatic)
Are fungi uni or multi
Autotrophs or Heterotrophs?
Most are multicellular
Heterotrophic
What are cell walls of fungi made of
Chitin
What are fungi in terms of eating yum yums
Saprobes
Saprobes
Fungi use extracellular digestion to breakdown food
What can fungi degrade
Cellulose and lignin
How do fungi live
In symbionts
Symbiont
Those that live in association with other another organism where 2 of them benifit (Like a relationship)
Lichens
Assosiation of fungi and algae
mycorrhizae
Developing associations with the roots of plants
What do fungi do when their enviroment dries out
Quickly produce spores which are waterproof and can be dormant for years
Sexual Reproduction is fungi
Two gametes fuse to produce gametangia
Without septa
Multinucleate
With septa
Uninucleate
Allomyces
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Chytridiomycota
Habitat of Allomyces
Small bodies of freshwater
Reproductive structures of allomyces
Gametangia and Sporangia
What specialized structure of hyphae do allomyces have
Rhizoids
What do rhizoids do
Are used to attach to allomyces to its food source in water
How does allomyces get yum yums
Saprotroph
Secretes enzymes from its rhizoids to break down its food
Enlarges round cells in allomyces
Gametangia
Male gametagnium
Light orange in colour
Female gametangium
Gray or colourless
Discharged Papillae
Opening on the gametangia through which male and female gametes are released
Is allomyces motile
Has motile gametes
How do motile gametes move
They are flagellated
How can allomyces reproduce
Sexually: Gametangia
Sexually: Thick walled sporangia
Asexually: Thin walled sporangia
Difference between Sporangia and gametangia
Sporangia are single structures
Gametangia are double wall structured
How does thin walled sporangia do its thing
Asexual
Elongate gray or colourless
Have discharged papillae through which DIPLOID SPORES (flagellated) are released for asexual reproduction
What do thick walled sporangia do
Reddish brown in colour
can withstand severe envirnomental conditions
Sporangia goes through meiosos to produce hapoloid zoospores
Friends of Allomyces
Neocallimastix, Batrachochytrium
Rhizopus
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Zygomycoya
Habitat of rhizopus
bread mold
Found in any kitchen and grows on baked goods whenever it has the oppurtunity
3 types of hyphae in rhizopus
Stolons, Rhizoids and Sporangiopores
Stolons
Form a horizontal branching network which spreads the fungus over the surface of the food source
Rhizoids
Short, branched hyphae that penetrate the surface of bread, achoring rizopus to its food source
How does rhizopus use eat yum yums
Uses extracellular digestion
Starch molecules too big for rhizopus to digest
Rhizopus secretes enzyme called amylase which breaks down starch into sugar
What do stolons produce
Rhizoids
Sporangiospres (Asexual Production)
Sporangiopores
Each sporangiospore bears a single reproductive structure called a sporangium.
Numerous spores develop asexually through mitosis within each sporangium
Adaptation of Rhizopus
The elongated sporangiospores elevate the sporangium above the surface of the food surface
Allows spores to be exposed to air currents for dispersal
How does rhizopus reproduce sexually
Conjugation