Section 3.3 - The Fungus Kingdom Flashcards
How do fungi feed?
Releasing digestive enzymes into their surrounding and absorbing the digested nutrients into their cells
More than 100 000 species of fungi are heterotrophs? T or f
True
Define fungus
Stationary
Heterotrophic eukaryotic organism
Chitin in cell walls
Define Hypha (hyphae)
Multicellular, thread like filament that makes up the basic structural unit of a fungus
Define Mycelium (mycelia)
Complex netlike mass made of branching hyphae
Define Fruiting body
Spore producing reproduce structure of the fungi
List the four types of nutrition for a fungi
Parasitic
Predatory
Mutualistic
Saprobial
Give phylas of the fungus kingdom, list them.
DEUTEROmycota CHYTRIDOmycota ZYGOmycota ASCOmycota BASIDIOmycota
Asexual budding produces what?
One cell from two
Asexual fragmentation produces what?
A new organism from a separated fragment of mycelium
Sexual reproduction includes?
Spore production and release
Fungi imperfecti also known as?
Phylum deuteromycota
Deuteromycota reproduces how? And good for what?
Asexually and pharmaceuticals
Chytrids also known as?
Phylum Chytridomycota
Chytridomycota organisms are??
Mostly unicellular and aquatic. Parasitic or saprobial.
Chytrids have flagellas on their spores. T or f
T
Zygospore fungi also known as?
Phylum Zygomycota
ZYGOmycota are what?
Multicellular and mostly terrestrial. Food moulds and reproduce asexually but can perform a type of sexual reproduction in certain conditions.
Sac fungi also known as?
Ascomycota
Ascomycota are what?
Large & diverse. Develop small finger like sacs called asci during sexual reproduction. Yeast is a unicellular example.
Club fungi also known as?
Phylum
BASIDIOmycota
BASIDIOmycota are what?
Mushrooms and puffballs. Fruiting bodies lease spores called basidiospores from specialized hyphae called basidia
What is a lichen?
Organism that results from a mutualistic relationship between fungus and photosynthetic plant or alga
Composite organisms are called?
Lichen
Litmus paper is made with
Lichen
