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1
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Are fungi multi or unicellular

A

Unicellular

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2
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What are the Filamentous tube-like strands called

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hypha

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3
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What is Sclerotium

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hardened mass of mycelium that generally serves as an overwintering stage

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4
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What do Saprophytes or Saprobes feed on

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dead tissues or organic waste (decomposers)

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5
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Parasites feed on what

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feeding on living tissue of a host

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6
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What is fungal cell wall and insect exoskeleton made of

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Chitin

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7
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Absorptive heterotrophs

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•Digest and absorb food
•Release digestive enzymes to breakdown organic material or their food/host

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8
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Where do fungi get carbon from

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Organic sources

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9
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What does the tips of Hypha release

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Enzymes

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10
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Products of enzymatic breakdown diffuse to where

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Back into Hypha

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11
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Are fungi more closely related to plants or animals

A

Animals

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12
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What do Most phytopathogenic fungi belong to

A

Basidiomycota and Ascomycota

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13
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Are sexual spores meiotic or mitotic

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Meiotic

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14
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Are asexual spores meiotic or mitotic

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Mitotic

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15
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Function of spores

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Ensure that species will disperse to new location

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16
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Are spores motile or non-motile

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Non motile

17
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How are spores dispersed

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•wind
•rain

18
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What are fruiting bodies

A

Modified hyphae that make
Asexual spores

19
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Name the types of fruiting bodies

A

•Basidia
•Sporangia
•Ascus

20
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A hypha with 2 nuclei is called what

21
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A zygote divides to make what

22
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What type of conditions is a spore used for

A

For survival
In poor environmental conditions eg lack of nutrients,space and moisture

23
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Example of club fungi

A

Basidiomycota

24
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Describe Basidiomycota

A

• Club fungi have fruiting bodies which are club-shaped.
• Sexual reproductive structures called basidia
• Include mushrooms, puffballs, and shelf fungi

25
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Example of Sac fungi

A

Ascomycota

26
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Describe Ascomycota

A

• Most are multicellular (except for yeast)
• Common asexual reproduction
• Sexual Reproduction-asci, ascospores
• Largest phylum of Fungi
• Important plant pathogens
and saprobes

27
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Largest phylum of fungi

A

Ascomycota

28
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What are oomycetes closely related to

A

algae and to green plants

29
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What is oomycetes cell wall made of

A

β-glucans

30
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Example of asexual oomycetes

31
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Example of sexual oomycetes

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