(sas1)INTRO. TO MYCOLOGY

Question 1

Are multicellular membranes of the plant kingdom, and are referred to as Thallophytes

Answer 1

Fungi

Question 2

What are the characteristics of Fungi

Answer 2

• Achlorophyllous
• ubiquitous
• Exists in nature as Saprophytes
• resistant to cold
• grow in the presence of acid and large amount of sugar

Question 3

what are the two (2) basic fundamental structures of Fungi

Answer 3

1. Hyphae

2. Spores

Question 4

what are the two (2) morphologic forms of Fungi

Answer 4

1. yeast

2. molds

Question 5

they produce moist, creamy, opaque, or pasty colonies

Answer 5

yeast

Question 6

T/F most of the yeast reproduce by sexual budding, few by binary fission

Answer 6

FALSE . Asexual budding

Question 7

it produces multicellular filamentous colonies; fluffy, cottony, wooly or powdery

Answer 7

Molds

Question 8

What are the 3 types of Hyphae

Answer 8

• septate (with septum)
• aseptate (without septum)
• mycelium (intertwining strands )

Question 9

The capability of an organism to grow in more than one form under different environment

Answer 9

Dimorphism

Question 10

give an example of fungi which exhibits thermal dimorphism

Answer 10

Sporothrix schenkii

Question 11

An organism that grows only in ONE form may it be at room temp or at a higher temperature

Answer 11

Monomorphic

Question 12

it is called perfect fungus

Answer 12

Sexual (teleomorph)

Question 13

it is called imperfect fungus

Answer 13

Asexual (anamorph)

Question 14

derived from fusion of non-identical cells from the same hyphae

Answer 14

Oospores

Question 15

derived form fusion of identical cells form the same hyphae

Answer 15

Zygospores/zygomycetes

Question 16

enclosed in a specific sac called ascus (asci)

Answer 16

ascospores/ascomycetes

Question 17

enclosed in a club-shaped structures called basidia pr basidium

Answer 17

basidiospores/basidiomycetes

Question 18

a form of hyphae that is curved, freely branching and antler in appearance

Answer 18

Antler hyphae/ favic chandelier

Question 19

a coiled or corkscrew seen within hyphal strands, frequently found in dermatophytes

Answer 19

Spiral hyphae

Question 20

enlarged, club-shaped with the smaller end attached to the large end of the adjacent club-shaped strands

Answer 20

Racquet hyphae

Question 21

derived from the cells of the thallus or body of the fungi

Answer 21

thalospores

Question 22

buds formed from budding process, sprouting form the surfaces of the parent cell

Answer 22

Blastospores

Question 23

what are the examples of blastospores

Answer 23

• candida albicans

- cryptococcus neoformans

Question 24

arise by fragmentation of the ends of the hyphae at the point of septation; square barrel-shaped thick wall cells

Answer 24

arthrospores/arthroconidia

Question 25

when hyphal cells separate from one another to form flat ended spores

Answer 25

Oidia

Question 26

what is an example of Oidia

Answer 26

geotrichum candidum

Question 27

enlarged, round unicellular thick walled structures that are formed during unfavorable conditions; formed by the enlargement of a hyphal cell

Answer 27

Chlamydospores/chlamydoconidi

Question 28

what are the three (3) types of chlamydospores

Answer 28

1. terminal
2. intercalary
3. sessile

Question 29

a type of chlamydospores in which hyphal strand is found at the side

Answer 29

sessile

Question 30

a type of chlamydospores in which hyphal strand is found at the tip

Answer 30

terminal

Question 31

a type of chlamydospores in which hyphal strand is found within

Answer 31

intercalary

Question 32

a specialized vegetative strands/branch where vesicle is born

Answer 32

Conidia/ conidiophore

Question 33

considered the basic structural unit of fungi?

Answer 33

hyphae

Question 34

a term which refers to a hyphal that forms a mass of intertwining strand

Answer 34

mycelium

Question 35

what are the two (2) structures of molds

Answer 35

vegetative and reproductive