Bio Lab Exam #2 Flashcards
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The habitat for chytrids is
Aquatic
What three characteristics distinguish chytrids from other fungi d
Flagellated zoospores, cannot form true mycelium, have a aseptate hyphae
How are zygometous fungi similar to chytrids
They aseptate hyphae
Describe sexual reproduction in zygomecetes
Zygosporangium formed by plasmogamy of two types of stains (+ -) they act like gametophytes
What is a common example of zygomycetes
Bread mold
What do phylum glomermycota form with vascular plants
Arbuscular mycorrhizae
Describe the relationship between glomerulomycetous
Plants provide fungus with carbs and then fungi acts as roots for the plant giving it water and nutrients
Sac and club fungi hyphae are divided by what
Septa
Describe the fruiting body of the ascomycetous
Sexually produced spores are called ascospores, they are produced in the sporangium called the ascus. Asci aggregate along the inner surface, 8 ascus will form
List 3 features of yeasts
Unicellular, lack ascocarp, reproduce by budding
Describe the composition of lichen
Made from green algae or Cyanobacteria and a fungus
What is the bushy growth of lichen
Fruticose
What is the leafy growth of lichen
Foliose
What is the encrusting growth of lichen
Crustose
What are the 4 clauses within non flowering plants
Conifers, Gingko, Cycans, gnetophytes
What do dioecious and monoecious mean
Dioecious - male and female plants
Monoecious- one plant has both reproductive tissue
What is the growth form, leaf type, reproductive structure of gingko
Gymnosperm
Male- pollen cone
Female- no strobili, have two ovules at branch stalk
Leaves are megaphylls
Cycads growth form, leaf type, and reproductive structure
Gymnosperm
Leaves- megaphyll
Male- cone strobilus
Female-strobili
How is pollen dispersed
Wind
Flowers consist of modified
Leaves
Mono or flowers are arranged in multiples of what
Multiples of 3
Eudicots arranged arrange in multiples of what
4-5
Fruits are mature
Ovaries
Seeds are mature
Ovules