Lecture 3 Flashcards

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1
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Define arbuscule

A

branched, tree like organ, in mycorrhizal fungi

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What characteristics must fungi reproductive organs posses to increase their chances of success

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R.A.D
R= resist- harsh conditions (hibernates)
A= adapt- to environment (sexual recombination)
D= disperse- to new environment (spores; conidia)

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What are the 4 dispersal mechanisms of fungi

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  1. ) wind dispersal
  2. ) rain dispersal
  3. ) water (stream) dispersal
  4. ) animal dispersal
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4
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What form are fungi dispersed

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spores

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5
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What is wind dispersal; what kind of characteristics do wind dispersed spores have in common

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  • use of wind; eg. mushroom cap

spores:

  • small
  • dry
  • light
  • powdery texture
  • UV protected
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What is rain dispersal & what characteristics must the spores dispersed this way have to increase their chances of success

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  • use of rain, wet, splash

spores:
- sticky spores

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What is water (stream) dispersal & what characteristics do the spores dispersed this way have

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  • use water

spores:

  • complex shapes
  • and/or often branched
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What is animal dispersal & what characteristics do the spores dispersed this way have

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  • animal vector (eg. fly, cow, arthropods, mammals, etc)

spores:

  • large
  • sticky
  • thick walled spores (resistant to digestion of animals)
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9
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true or false; insects can disperse fungal spores

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true

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10
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true or false; termites create “fungus gardens” - cultivate the fungus to process leaf material so that it can be digested by the termites

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true

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11
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What transports DED

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  • transported and inoculated by bark borrowing beetles
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12
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What controls the naming of fungi

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ICN

International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants

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13
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what was the naming of fungi traditionally based on

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appearance of teleomorphic/sexual stage of life cycle structures

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14
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What does anamorph mean

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asexual stage

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15
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What does teleomorph mean

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sexual stage

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16
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What revolutionized fungi classification

A

sequence data of genome

17
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true or false; venturia inequalis = spilocaea pomi

A

true

18
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What is the new name for Spilocaea pomi

A

Fusicladium pomi

19
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What are the characteristics of chytrids

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  • most primitive fungi
  • lack true mycelium
  • coenocytic
  • aseptate hyphae
  • walls contain chitin
  • thick walled resting spores or sporangia (prevent from drying out)
  • multicellular diploid stage
  • motile zoospores
  • water or soil inhibiting
20
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Where are chytrids found

A

water or soil inhibiting

21
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What are 3 examples of Chytrids

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  1. ) Physoderma alfalfae (crown wart)
  2. ) Olpidium brassicae (on roots of lettuce)
  3. ) Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) ; contributes to decline of frogs globally
22
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What are the characteristics of Zygomycota

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  • have true mycelium
  • aseptate generally
  • coenocytic hyphae
  • profuse, rapidly growing hyphae
23
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What are the asexual structures of zygomycota

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Sporangium
sporangiophore
rhizoids

24
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What is sporangium

A

contains sporangiospores

25
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What is sporangiophore

A

stalk that holds up sporangium

26
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What are rhizoids

A

root like structures

27
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What do you call the sexual structures of zygomycota

A

gemetangia

28
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What happens after the fusion of 2 gametangia

A

formation of zygosporangium

29
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What does a zygosporangium contain

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  • contains zygospore resistant, survival structure
30
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Define heterothallic fungus

A

requires combination of a + and - strain for sexual reproduction

31
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Define homothallic fungus

A

self fertile

can produce sexual structures form a single genetic strain

32
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What is a zygomycete example of a heterothallic

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Rhizopus stolonifer

33
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How do zygomycetes disperse their spores

A

spore guns; like Pilobolus
dung inhabiting
5-10mm sporangiophores
light detection (phototropism)

34
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Where can zygomycetes be found

A

soil saprobes
weak plant parasites
insect parasites

35
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What is a zygomycete example of soil parasite

A

Entomophthora muscae

36
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What are examples of uses of Zygomycetes in the industry

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  1. ) Mucor and Rhizopus
    - tempeh production (soybean cake)
  2. ) Mucor
    - rennet production (enzyme involved in cheese production)

3.) Rhizopus
- produces fumaric acid
(paper industry, improve strength and stiffness of paper)