Exam 2 Flashcards
eukaryote supergroup that fungi belong to
Unikonta
fungi synapomorphies
- cell walls contain chitin
- absorptive nutrition
secrete digestive enzymes that break down food then, absorb digested foods into cells
absorptive nutrition
polysaccharide carbohydrate that fungi cell walls are made of
chitin
-living off dead or decaying organic material
saprobes
importance of fungi
-decomposers
-mutualistic symbionts:mycorrhizae
-parasites/pathogens
economically useful/important to people
around plant roots that provide water and nutrient absorption for plants, plants provide fungi with carbohydrates
mycorrhizae
harmless symbiotic fungi that live inside leaves or other plant parts- make toxins that deter herbivores and defend against pathogens
endophytes
reproductive and non-productive structures composed of this; filamentous, string-like
hyphae
body of fungus, mass of hyphae
mycelium
type of hyphae that is divided
septate
type of hyphae that is undivided
coenocyte
appendages of parasitic fungi
haustoria
- flagellated spore
- mostly aquatic aprobess or parasites
Chytridiomycota (Chytrids)
- mostly in soil, coenocytic hypahe
- sporangia: asexual
- zygosporangia: sexual
- some form mycorrhizae
- common bread mold, Rhizopus
Zygomycota (zygomycetes)
arbuscular mycorrhizae formed with plants
Glomeromycota
- sac fungi and yeast
- conidia: asexual
- ascocarps: sexual
- all united by having ascus
Ascomycota (ascomycetes)
sac containing ascospores
ascus
sexual stage/fruiting body
ascocarp
asexual spores in ascomycetes
conidia
- fungi with photosynthetic symbiont; most are ascomycota
- can grow in extreme habitats
- important for soil formation
lichens
- club fungi
- important decomposers
- mutualistic mycorrhizal relationships with plant roots
- asexual reproduction via fragmentation
Basidiomycota (basidiomycetes)
large structure for sexual reproduction in basidiomycetes
basidiocarp
- site of mitosis
- basidiospores extruded to outside
basidium
importance of basidiomycota
- important decomposers
- some pathogens
- many mycorrhizae
supergroup that consists of red algae, green algae, and land plants
Archaeplastida
- unicelluar
- multicelluar: colonial, filamentous, thalloid
green algae
-chloroplasts have thylakoids stacked in grana
-chlorophyll a & b
store starch
-cell walls made of cellulose
green algae and green plants
land plant apomorphies
- apical meristems
- cuticle
- thick spore walls
- gametangia
- dependent embryos
localized region of growth
apical meristems
waxy covering that helps prevent desiccation
cuticle
prevents desiccation
thick spore walls
cases that enclose gametes and prevent desiccation
gametangia
young sporophytes contained within protective structure; multicellular, parents provides nutrients
dependent embryos
- mosses, liverworts, hornworts
- paraphyletic group
- gametophyte dominant
- motile sperm (needs water)
Bryophytes
function in gas exchange and water retention
stomata
duct system for conducting fluids and nutrients
vascular tissue
- sporophyte dominant
- lignified vascular tissue
- shoots and roots
Tracheophytes
- vascular tissue that conducts most of water and minerals and includes tracheids
- cells strengthened by lignin
xylem
tube-shaped cells in xylem
tracheids
vascular tissue that has cells arranged into tubes that distribute sugars, amino acids, and other organic products of photosynthesis
phloem
organs that increase surface area of vascular plants
leaves