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Conidophores
-supporting hyphael stalk for conidia
Apressorium
-specialized cell used to infect a host
Heteroecious
-needing two different hosts to complete life cycle
Ascogonium
-female sexual organ or cell in ascomycota
parenthesomes
-found on either side of pores in the dolipore septum which separates cells within hyphae
Heterothallic
- self-sterile
- a fungus that must outcross for sexual reproduction to occur
- only one mating type per individual
Claviceps purpurea
- ergot
- fungus on rye that causes hallucinations
- LSD
Macrocyclic
-long-cycled
Aerobiological pathway
- source
- takeoff
- dispersal
- deposition
- impact
Bullers drop
- mechanism used by basidio to launch their spores
- utilizes energy surface tension
Corinarius
- large genus of agarics
- some contain orellanine
Coprinus
- genus of basidio
- inkcaps
- self-digests
- coprine poisoning
Rhizopus
- zygomycota
- bread mold
Where does meiosis take pace in zygo?
-germination tube
Antheridium
-male reproductive structure
What are advantages and disadvantages of chemical control
Advantage: cheap and quick
-Disadvantage: Bioaccumulation, resistance
What event brought mycotoxins into the field of view
-100,000 turkeys died from peanut meal
What is a fungus that lives inside a plant
- an endophyte
- or abuscullar mycorhizzae
Difference between spore and seed
- seed has an embrio spore does not
- spore has increased levels of lipids
- spore is thick walled