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This organism grows on a wide variety of hosts, and is responsible for mildrew, yeast infections, Dutch elm disease.
Ascomycetes
Example of fungi in this group are penicillium and aspergillius.
Deuteromycetes
Produce a large egg cell, swims after fertillization, and is responsible for the potatoe blight of 1845-1847 in Ireland.
Oomycetes
produces large basido spores
Basidomycetes
grows in sheets of filamentsvand is used to produce agar and carrageenan.
Red Algae
the ancestor to green plants
Green Algae
simple moss which grow low to the ground and require water for reproduction
Bryophyte
ferns, horsetails
Lower vascular plants
plants which flower and produce seeds
Angiosperms
naked seed plants such as pines.
Gymnosperms
A group of plants with seperate male and female plants which produce fan shaped leaves.
Gingko
an ancient plant which resembles a palm tree. There plants were around with the dinosaurs.
Cycads
Produces one cotyledon upon sprouting. Leaf veins are parrallel, and flower parts are in multiples of 3.
Monocot
produces two cotyledons upon sprouting. Leaf veins are in a net pattern, and flower parts are in multiple of 4 or 5.
Dicot
One year life cycle
Perennial