Protists And Fungi Flashcards
Heterotrophic protists that are classified according to their movement
Animal like Protista
Any eukaryotic organisms that is not a plant, an animal, or a fungus
Protist
Cytoplasmic projections that allows some single celled organisms to move
Pseudopod
Small, bottle shaped structures used by Paramecium for defense
Trichocyst
A specialized vacuole that collects and then expels excess water from a unicellular organism
Contractile vacuole
Autotrophic protists that perform photosynthesis
Plant like Protists
A cluster of pigments that allow Protists to find light and perform photosynthesis
Eyespot
Plant like Protists that are members of the phylum pyrrophyta and cause red tides, many are bioluminescent
Dinoflagellates
Small, photosynthetic organisms that live on the surface of the ocean; primarily made up of plant like Protists; responsible for half of the photosynthesis on earth
Phytoplankton
Plant like Protists that produce cell walls rich in silicon; a component of phytoplankton
Diatoms
Funguslike protests that are members of the phylum acraisiomycota and stay in a cellular form thought their life cycle
Cellular slime molds
Fungus like Protists that are members of the phylum myxomycota and will fuse together into one structure with many nuclei
Acelluar slime molds
Fungus like protist that are members of the phylum Oomycota and feed on dead or decaying matter in water, caused The Great Potato Famine
Water molds
Eukaryotic haterotrophs with cell walls of chitin
Fungi
Thin filaments that compose multicellular fungi
Hyphae
A thick mass formed by many tangled hyphae that compose the body of a fungus
Mycelium
A reproductive structure in fungi
Fruiting body
The structures in fungi that produce spores
Sporangia
Fungi classified in the phylum zygomycota, includes rhizopus or bread mold
Common molds
Fungi classified in the phylum ascomycota; yeast truffles and morels
Sac fungi
Fungi classified in the phylum badidiomycota ex- mushroom and puffballs
Club fungi
Fungi classified in the phylum deuteromycota; fungi that cannot be placed in another phylum because a sexual phase in the life cycle has never been observed
Imperfect fungi
Symbiotic associations between a fungus and a photosynthetic organism
Lichens
A mutualistic relationship between plants and fungi
Mycorrhizae
