Lesson 8 Flashcards
What is the Greek word derived for Mycology?
Mykes
What are the two types of hyphae?
Septate hyphae and Coenocytic hyphae
It is an interwoven mass of a fungus or a sprawling network of tiny threads that make up the body of a fungus. It is like the roots or “underground city” of a mushroom.
Mycelium
It is a type of Predatory methods of a fungi that use to snare their prey.
Sticky hyphae
It is a type of Predatory methods of a fungi, when an organism enters a loop, the hyphae take up water and expand, tightening the loop and trapping the prey then secretes enzymes that digest the pray-prey.
Hyphal loops
It is a type of reproduction that produce sexually, nuclear fusion or Karyogamy, often takes place long aster a cytoplasmic fusion, or plasmogamy.
Sexual Reproduction
Two types of nuclei.
Dikaryotic and Heterokaryotic
This is the fungi that have flagellated cells at any stage during the life cycle.
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Chytridiomycetes
What are the distinctive characteristics of Chytridiomycetes?
Flagellated cells
Aquatic habitat
Simple structure
Rhizoids
It is a coprophilous zygomycete that lives on the dung of herbivores such as cows.
Pilobolus
Two types of edible ascomycetes.
Truffles and Morels