Summary of Fungal Phylum

Question 1

Chytridiomycota

Answer 1

• chytrids
• Flagellated spores (zoospores)

Question 2

Zygomycota

Answer 2

• zygomycetes
• Resistant zygosporangium as sexual stage

Question 3

Glomeromycota

Answer 3

• arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
• Arbuscular mycorrhizae formed with plants

Question 4

Ascomycota

Answer 4

• ascomycetes, or sac of fungi
• Sexual spores (ascospores) produced internally in sacs called ascidians; vast numbers of asexual spores (conidia) also produced

Question 5

Basidiomycota

Answer 5

• basidiomycetes, or club fungi
• Elaborate fruiting body (basidiocarp) containing many basidia that produce sexual spores (basidiospore)