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2.3 Fungi Flashcards

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Fungi may seem like plants, BUT are more closely related to ______

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animals

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Fungi are _______

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heterotrophs

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Fungi are ________ [feed off of decaying matter]

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saprophytes

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Release _____________ into their environment and then absorb the _______

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digestive enzymes; nutrients

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Almost all fungi require _____ (aerobic) to carry out _________________.

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oxygen; cellular respiration

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true or false: rust is a type of fungi

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true

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2 reasons why fungi are important to our planet

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They are decomposers: they recycle nutrients by breaking down organic material.

About 80% of all plants have a symbiotic relationship with fungi in which they receive essential nutrients.

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Some fungi are ________: they absorb nutrients from the cells or fluids of their host, __________ it

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parasitic; damaging

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give examples of parasitic fungi

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E.g. corn smut, rust on plants, Ringworm & Athletes foot

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Fungi also produce ______________

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antibiotics

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True or false: Most fungi are unicellular

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false

multicellular

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Their bodies are made up of structures called

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hyphae (s. hypha)

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Hyphae

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tiny threads of cytoplasm surrounded by a membrane and a cell wall

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Fungi make their cell walls out of _______

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chitin

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what is chitin

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a strong, flexible carbohydrate

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where else can you find chitin?

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also found on the exoskeleton of insects.

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The hyphae of fungi are subdivided by additional cell walls called ____________

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cross walls

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The cross walls allow …

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cytoplasm, nuclei and nutrients to pass throughout the hyphae to keep it alive and healthy

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When hyphae grow into a large, interwoven mat, it is called a

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mycelium (pl. mycelia)

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In larger mushrooms, what we identify as the mushroom is called the

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fruiting body

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The fruiting body is an above ground extension of the ______

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mycelium

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the reproductive structure of fungi is _________

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the fruiting body

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The mycelium ______ the fungi

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feeds

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Because it is so fibrous, it _____________ to obtain the most amount of nutrients

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maximizes surface area

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The ability for the mycelium to grow up to a kilometre a day makes up for the ...
inability of fungi to move to find nutrients
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mycorrhizae
Fungus found on plant roots
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what forms a mutualistic symbiosis with plant roots
mycorrhizae
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what does mycorrhizae get from plant roots
Receives sugars, starches, proteins and lipids from the plant roots
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Fungus acts like an extension of plant roots to allow it to...
absorb more nutrients
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benefits of mycorrhizae having a small size
Small size allows them to penetrate areas that normal plant roots cannot
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asexual reproduction
-Hyphae break off -Spores are released: -spores are haploid cells have tough cell walls, and are able to survive unfavourable conditions for long periods of time -once favourable conditions return, then germination can occur -spores can spread via the wind -eg. puffballs
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Fungi have two sexes:
+ and -
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sexual reproduction
-Fungi have two sexes: + and - -Opposite haploid hyphae grow towards each other and fuse to form a diploid zygospore with two sets of chromosomes, one from each “parent” hyphae -The zygospore produces haploid spores that are genetically unique -It will eventually grow into a large, above ground fruiting body -The two nuclei will eventually fuse creating a single, diploid nucleus -This will then divide via meiosis to create haploid spores, and finish the cycle
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In certain types of fungi (club and sac), a stage of development occurs that results in structures called ___________
dikaryotic hyphae
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in which types of fungi do structures like dikaryotic hyphae result
club and sac fungi
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when are dikaryotic hyphae produced?
These are produced when two nuclei are found per cell, one from each ‘parent’ hyphae.
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Zygomycota are also known as ...
common moulds
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reproductive structure of zygomycota
Zygospores that contain sexual spores are durable
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examples of zygomycota
Black bread mould, “hat thrower”
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which phylum is common moulds in?
zygomycota
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which phylum is club fungi in
Basidiomycota
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reproductive structure of basidiomycota
Club shaped basidium contains sexual spores
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examples of basidiomycota
Mushrooms, club and shelf fungi, puffballs, rusts
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which phylum is sac fungi in
Ascomycota
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reproductive structure of ascomycota
Contain sexual spores
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examples of ascomycota
Yeasts, truffles, morels
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which phylum are chytrids in
Chytridomycota
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reproductive structure of chytridomycota
Only fungi with flagellated spores
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examples of chytridomycota
chytrids
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which phylum is the only fungi with flagellated spores
chytridomycota
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Occasionally, some mushrooms grow in a ringlike pattern, getting larger each year. The ring of mushrooms expands outward from a central point as the fungus ______________ in the location.
exhausts the resources
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What characteristics define fungi?
Fungi do not undergo photosynthesis to make their own food as plants do. They are heterotrophic organisms that release powerful enzymes to break down organic matter into nutrients outside their bodies. Then they absorb the nutrients from the environment. As well, almost all fungi need to obtain oxygen from the environment
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What essential services do fungi provide for ecosystems?
Many fungi play an important ecological role as decomposers. Like some bacteria, fungi recycle nutrients such as nitrogen and carbon by breaking down organic material. Plants depend on fungi to recycle the nutrients in these types of matter that may otherwise be locked away forever. As well, about 80 percent of plants live in symbiotic relationships with fungi in which they receive essential nutrients
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How are yeasts different from other fungi?
Yeast is a single-celled fungi
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What features of a mycelium make it an efficient structure to obtain food by absorption?
-Its fibrous structure maximizes contact with the food source -grows rapidly throughout a food source, such as decaying matter in soil. -can grow as much as a kilometre of hyphae each day as it branches within its food
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What is the purpose of hyphae?
Hyphae absorb nutrients from the environment and transport them to other parts of the thallus (fungus body)
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State the function of fungal spores
With thick cell walls, spores function as the dispersal stage in the reproduction of fungi
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spores
haploid cells that have a single set of chromosomes that contain genetic material
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Create a flowchart that describes the reproductive cycle of a typical fungus, such as bread mould.
Hyphae from two different mating types fuse to form a zygospore --> A thick wall develops around the zygospore which allows it to survive long periods of dormancy --> When conditions are optimal, the zygospore germinates and a sporangium appears --> cycle repeats During asexual reproduction, spores are produced in the sporangium and released into the environment
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Suppose you find a fungus growing rapidly on the surface of cheese. How might you classify this organism?
zygomycota (common moulds) -can also withstand long periods of dry of freezing conditions
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Which phyla within the fungi kingdom has a structure most like the endospores of bacteria?
Zygospores because they contain sexual spores that are able to withstand long periods of either freezing or dry conditions, which's very similar to the endospores of bacteria
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Why do fairy ring mushrooms have this distinctive shape?
Occasionally, some mushrooms grow in a ringlike pattern, getting larger each year. The ring of mushrooms expands outward from a central point as the fungus exhausts the resources in the location.
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function of the fruiting body
Its main purpose is to reproduce and help spread spores of a fungus so that they can colonize elsewhere and continue growing
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function of mycelium
functions as a feeding structure of fungi its fibrous structure maximizes contact with the food source grows rapidly throughout a food source, such as decaying matter in soil
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Plant (a) has been grown in a soil mixture rich with mycorrhizae fungi. Plant (b) has been grown without the benefit of mycorrhizae. Explain why there is a difference in the two plant root systems.
the fungus acts like an extension of the plant roots, collecting essential nutrients like water and phosphorus. -plant a is full of nutrients and is healthy but plant b hasn't gotten any nutrients so it isn't as healthy.

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