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Q3: Basidiomycota Flashcards

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What septal structure is unique to Basidiomycota?

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The dolipore septum.

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Microcyclic rusts.

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Rust fungi that do not produce the aecial or uredinial spore stages.

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What subphylum of Basidiomycota has a modified dolipore with no septal pore?

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Ustilaginomycotina.

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Out of Agaricomycotina, Ustilaginomycotina, and Pucciniomycotina, which completely lacks a dolipore septum?

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Pucciniomycotina

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What are the fruiting bodies of Basidiomycota called?

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Basidiocarps

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What are the three main subphyla of Basidiomycota?

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Agaricomycotina
Pucciniomycotina
Ustilaginomycotina

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Smut fungi are part of which subphylum of Basidiomycota?

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Ustilaginomycotina.

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_____ rusts produce each of the five spore stages.

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Macrocyclic.

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The (3) characteristics of rust fungi.

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Biotrophic plant pathogens, simple septa, and the absence of basidiocarps.

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A sorus.

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A mass of spores.

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Rust fungi that infect only one host during the life cycle.

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Autoecious rusts.

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True or False. Basidiomycota are the primary source of lignin degradation in the world.

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True

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Spermatia are produced by the ______ and are (haploid/diploid/dikaryotic).

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Spermagonium; haploid.

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What are holobasidia?

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Single-celled basidia.

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What are the main distinguishing features of Basidiomycota?

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They have basidium that form basidiospores on the tips of sterigmata.

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Teliospores are produced by the _____ and are (haploid/diploid/dikaryotic).

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Telium; dikaryotic –> diploid.

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(T/F) For most members of Basidiomycota, spores are forcibly discharged.

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True.

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Epigeous.

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The term for aboveground fruiting bodies.

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In rust fungi, urediniospores are (infectious/non-infectious).

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Infectious.

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What are basidia?

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The structures which generate sexual spores in Basidiomycota.

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In terms of aeciospores, what does “non-repeating” refer to?

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A germinated aeciospore will not give rise to another aecium.

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Spermatia in rust fungi are (infectious/non-infectious).

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Non-infectious.

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What are phragmobasidia?

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Basidia divided into several cells by transverse or longitudinal septa.

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The term for familiar gilled mushrooms.

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Agarics (includes boletes).

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Rust fungi that alternate between two different hosts.

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Heteroecious rusts.

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Which phase of the life cycle is longer in Basidiomycota: homokaryotic or heterkaryotic?

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Heterokaryotic. Opposite of Ascomycota.

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Heteroecious rusts.

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Rust fungi that alternate between two different hosts.

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Spermatia.

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Single-celled, haploid spores produced within a spermagonium.

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Basidia are formed within what structure of the basidiocarp?

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The hymenium.

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30
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(T/F) All members of Basidiomycota produce fruiting structures.

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False, rusts and smuts do not.

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Macrocyclic rusts.

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Rust fungi that produce each of the five spore stages.

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In rust fungi, the spermagonium is formed following infection of the plant by the ______.

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Basidiospore.

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33
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What are ballistospores?

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Spores that are forcibly discharged.

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What is a Monokaryon?

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An organism with one nuclei per cell

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The largest order of Pucciniomycotina.

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Pucciniales (rust fungi)

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The ecological niches of Pucciniomycotina.

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Saprotrophs and parasites of plants, insects, and fungi.

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The primary overwintering structure of rust fungi.

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Teliospores.

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38
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What is the ecological niche of the yeast-like haploid life cycle of Ustilaginomycotina?

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Saprobic.

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Name several iconic fruiting forms of Basidiomycota. Four are listed.

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Mushrooms, shelf fungi, jelly fungi, and puffballs.

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40
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Autoecious rusts.

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Rust fungi that infect only one host during the life cycle.

41
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Urediniospores.

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Repeating spores produced from dikaryotic hyphae that infect the same host.

42
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The main unifying character of the traditional group within Basidiomycota known as Gasteromycetes.

A

Basidiospores that are not forcibly discharged.

43
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Basidiospores are usually (haploid/diploid).

A

Haploid.

44
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What are the three components of the Haploid life cycle in Basidiomycetes, following meiosis?

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Formation of basidium, release of mating types (+ and -), and formation of mycelial hyphae

45
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Although the exact function is not known, what is the dolipore septum believed to do?

A

Limit the movement of nuclei, but not other organelles.

46
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In rust fungi, teliospores are (infectious/non-infectious).

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Non-infectious.

47
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What is the fate of basidiospores in the order Ustilaginales (an order of smut fungi)?

A

Budding to form a yeast phase or germination to form conidia.

48
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All mushrooms of Basidiomycota are members of which subphylum?

A

Agaricomycotina.

49
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Hypogeous.

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The term for belowground fruiting bodies.

50
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What are sterigma?

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The structures on the surface of basidia on which basidiospores are formed.

51
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What occurs during the Diploid stage in Basidiomycota after fertilization/karyogamy?

A

The nuclei fuse and undergo meiosis.

52
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In rust fungi, basidiospores are (infectious/non-infectious).

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Infectious.

53
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Asexual rusts form only which type of spores?

A

Urediniospores.

54
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In Ustilaginales (an order of smut fungi), basidia arise from the _____.

A

Germinating teliospores.

55
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Spores that are forcibly discharged.

A

Ballistospores.

56
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What structure on the basidiospore is thought to aid in forcible discharge?

A

The hilar appendix, by means of a small droplet of liquid that accumulates.

57
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Teliospores.

A

Basidia producing spores.

58
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What are the three components of the Dikaryotic phase of Basidiomycetes, following plasmogamy?

A

Dikaryotic mycelium, formation of basidiocarp, development of basidium

59
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The majority of what type of mycorrhizae are found in Basidiomycota?

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Ectomycorrhizae

60
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Single-celled basidia.

A

Holobasidia.

61
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What are secotioid fungi?

A

The intermediate form between mushrooms and puffballs.

62
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What are secondary ballistospores?

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Asexual ballistospores (conidia) produced by germinating basidiospores in smut fungi.

63
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In Basidiomycota, karyogamy and meiosis take place within what structure?

A

The basidium.

64
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Urediniospores are produced by the _____ and are (haploid/diploid/dikaryotic).

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Uredinium; dikaryotic.

65
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Out for Agaricomycotina, Ustilaginomycotina, and Pucciniomycotina, which have no fruiting bodies?

A

Ustilaginomycotina and Pucciniomycotina

66
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The ecological niches of Agaricomycotina.

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Wood decomposers (saprobes; some parasitic), mycorrhizae, mycoparasites, and lichens.

67
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The term for belowground fruiting bodies.

A

Hypogeous

68
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Rust fungi are generally (generalists/specialists) when it comes to their hosts.

A

Specialists.

69
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Basidiospores that are not forcibly discharged.

A

Statismospores.

70
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The main ecological niche of Ustilaginomycotina?

A

Plant parasites.

71
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Basidia divided into several cells by transverse or longitudinal septa.

A

Phragmobasidia.

72
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Aeciospores are produced by the _____ and are (haploid/diploid/dikaryotic).

A

Aecium; dikaryotic.

73
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What are statismospores?

A

Basidiospores that are not forcibly discharged.

74
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Which subphyla of Basidiomycota completely lacks the dolipore septum?

A

Pucciniomycotina.

75
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The characteristic dikaryotic (eventually diploid) spores of smut fungi are known as _____ and are formed as ________.

A

Teliospores; conspicuous dark powdery masses of spores (a sorus).

76
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(T/F) Basidiocarp morphology is related to phylogeny.

A

False

77
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The intermediate form between mushrooms and puffballs.

A

Secotioid fungi.

78
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What is a Heterokaryon?

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A fungal thallus where there are two or more genetically distinct haploid nuclei.

79
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In smut and rust fungi, karyogamy takes place in the _____.

A

Teliospore.

80
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Which life stage of Ustilaginomycotina tends to be parasitic?

A

The dikaryon.

81
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The traditional group within Agaricomycotina with gelatinous or waxy basidiocarps that can desiccate and revive upon wetting, generally displaying phragmobasidia.

A

Jelly fungi.

82
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The main ecological niches of Basidiomycota.

A

Wood decay, mycorrhizae, and plant pathogens.

83
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The structures on the surface of basidia on which basidiospores are formed.

A

Sterigma

84
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The term for aboveground fruiting bodies.

A

Epigeous

85
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The unique structure that generates sexual spores in Basidiomycota.

A

Basidium; basidia (pl)

86
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What is the difference between (1) a homokaryon and a monokaryon; and (2) a heterokaryon and a dikaryon?

A

Monokaryon and dikaryon refer only to the number of nuclei in a given cell, whereas homokaryon and heterokaryon refer to whether or not the nuclei are genetically distinct.

87
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______ rusts do not produce the aecial or uredinial spore stages.

A

Microcyclic.

88
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In smut fungi, teliospores are formed within a _____.

A

Sorus.

89
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Aeciospores.

A

Non-repeating vegetative (asexual) spores produced as a result of dikaryotization that germinate to produce a dikaryotic mycelium.

90
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What is a Homokaryon?

A

A fungal thallus where all nuclei are genetically identical

91
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Basidiospores of rust fungi are (haploid/diploid/dikaryotic).

A

Diploid –> haploid.

92
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In rust fungi, aeciospores are (infectious/non-infectious).

A

Infectious.

93
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What is a Dikaryon?

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An organism with two nuclei per cell

94
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What subphyla of Basidiomycota has a dolipore septum?

A

Agaricomycotina.

95
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The miscellaneous traditional group of Agaricomycotina.

A

Aphyllophorales.

96
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All microcyclic rusts are ______.

A

Autoecious.

97
Q

Are Basidiomycota known for mycorrhizae?

A

Yes

98
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The major characteristics of jelly fungi.

A

Gelatinous or waxy basidiocarps that can desiccate and revive upon wetting, generally displaying phragmobasidia.

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