week 2: lab 6 (fungi)... Flashcards
What are the two forms of fungi?
yeast and mold
Long, threadlike cells that make up filamentous fungi (mold).
hyphae
Generally and single celled fungi that has a round oval shape and undergoes asexual reproduction
yeast
An organism that relies upon compounds for its carbon and energy needs.
heterotrophic
All fungi are ___________. They require nutrients from various organic materials.
heterotrophic
Most fungi are _________. They get their source of nutrition from dead plants and animals in soil or aquatic habitats.
saprobe
Source of nutrition
substrate
The study of fungi
mycology
A microbe that decomposes organic remain from dead organisms
saprobe
Very few fungi are ______ that lives on the bodies of living animals or plants aka a living host
parasite
An organism that lives on or within another organism (the host) from which it obtains nutrients and enjoys protection. It produces some degree of harm in the host
parasite
The hyphae cell walls are made out of
chitin
What is involved in the reproduction of fungi.
Spores. ( not the non reproductive and more resistant bacterial spores)
What are two types of reproductive spores?
Sporangiospores and Conidiospores
A form of asexual spores that are enclose in a sac. It’s within a sacklike head called the sporangium.
Sporangiospores
