Lab 7 - Fungi Flashcards
fungi have cell walls of
chitin
are fungi motile or non-motile
non-motile
how do fungi obtain nutrients
absorptive heterotrophs
hypha is a
long, branching, filamentous structure
types of hypha
- aseptate
- coenocytic
- septate
aseptate structure
has no cross walls
coenocytic structure
continuous mass of cytoplasm with many nuclei
septate structure
has cross walls present
A
Septate hypha
B
Coenocytic
what grows underground
the mycelium
mycelium
a mass of hyphae
what grows above ground
fruiting bodies
what are the reproductive structures
fruiting bodies
1
hyphae
2
reproductive structure (fruiting body)
3
mycelium
roles of fungi
- foods
- medicine
- alcohol
fungi are ______
decomposers
true or false
fungi form symbioses with other organisms
true (lichen and mycorrhizae)
can fungi be parasitic
yes
fungi undergo ______ meiosis
zygotic
fertilization becomes
- plasmogamy
- karyogamy
plasmogamy
fusion of cytoplasm