mod 9 Flashcards
Lichens that grows erectly and are branched and shrub-like
fruticose
Flat lichens that have leaf-like lobes and are not attached tightly
Foliose
Flat lichens that grow tightly attached to a rock or any surface they were growing
crustose
is a eukaryotic organisms whose cell walls are made of chitin
fungi
is the largest phylum of fungi.
ascomycota
phyla of kingdom fungi
zygomycota
ascomycota
basidiomycota
chytridiomycota
most primitive terrestrial fungi
zygomycota
Includes molds that have septate hyphae (divided into compartments) and yeasts
ascomycota
Also posses septate hyphae
Reproduce sexually through their basidiospore produced in the basidium (club-shaped structure)
basidiomycota
May be unicellular or composed of cells forming a thallus (body) which may have slender extensions called rhizoid (anchors to food source)
chytridiomycota
was there first antibiotic discovered by Alexander Fleming from molds.
Penicillin
have a composite thalloid nature (composed of two different organisms: algae and fungi)
lichens
outer, tightly packed fungal layer
cortex
inner loosely packed fungal layer
medulla
hyphal bundles attached to the substate
rhizines