Def Of Terms

Question 1

1. Hyphae that grow above the surface of the growth medium
2. conidium released by lysis or rupture of the supporting cell
3. conidiogenous cell that elongates thru repeated percurrent growth, producing conidia in chains
4. conidium produced from annellide, often seen in fungi like Scopulariopsis
5. conidium that is forcibly discharged, as seen in Candida and other yeast forms

Answer 1

1. Aerial Mycelium
2. Aleurioconidium
3. Annellide
4. Annelloconidium
5. Ballistoconidium

Question 2

1. thick- walled, asexual spore formed within hyphal
   cells, often functioning as a survival structure
2. sterile central portion of the sporangium found in some zygomycetes
3. specialized fungal cell from which conidia are produced
4. specialized stalk or hypha that bears conidia
5. asexual spore not enclosed in a sac; formed on specialized hyphae (conidiophores)

Answer 2

1. Chlamydoconidium
2. Columella
3. Conidiogenous Cell
4. Conidiophore
5. Conidium

Question 3

1. basal cell of a conidiophore that connects to the vegetative hyphae (seen in Aspergillus species
2. branching hyphal elements that resemble antlers
3. filamentous structure
   of a fungus, the basic structural unit of the
   mycelium
4. large, often multicellular conidium
   - ex
5. small, usually unicellular conidium
   - ex

Answer 3

1. Foot Cell
2. Favic Chandeliers
3. Hypha
4. Macroconidium
   - Fusarium, Microsporum
5. Microconidium
   - Trichophyton

Question 4

1. clumps of interwoven hyphae forming knot-like structures
2. vase-shaped conidiogenous cell
   that produces conidia without elongating
3. conidium produced from phialide
4. hyphae with swollen, club- shaped segments resembling a string of tennis racquets
5. Root-like hyphal structures that
   anchor some fungi to the substrate

Answer 4

1. Nodular Organs
2. Phialide
3. Phialoconidium
4. Racquet Hyphae
5. Rhizoid

Question 5

1. having cross-walls (septa) dividing hyphae into distinct cells
2. specialized hypha bearing a sporangium
3. sac-like structure containing sporangiospores, found in zygomycetes
4. spore formed within a sporangium
5. horizontal hyphal element
   connecting groups of sporangiophores in
   zygomycetes

Answer 5

1. Rhizoid
2. Septate
3. Sporangiophore
4. Sporangiospore
5. Stolon

Question 6

1. Conidia formed by transformation of existing hyphal cells
2. genus of dermatophytes that may exhibit both micro- and macroconidia, and may form racquet hypha
3. Hyphae that grow into the substrate and function in nutrient absorption
4. thick-walled, sexual spore formed by the fusion of two similar gametangia in zygomycete

Answer 6

1. Thallic Conidiogenesis
2. Trichophyton
3. Vegetative Mycelium
4. Zygospore