Fungal Structure & Morphology

Question 1

T or F: both molds and yeast are fungi

Answer 1

T

Question 2

are molds multi or unicellular

Answer 2

multicellular

Question 3

how do molds grow

Answer 3

hyphae

Question 4

are yeast multi or unicellular

Answer 4

unicellular

Question 5

how do yeast grow

Answer 5

budding

Question 6

def? mat like network of hyphae

Answer 6

mycelium

Question 7

def? asexual reproductive elements

Answer 7

conidia

Question 8

what makes up the mycelium

Answer 8

hyphae and conidia

Question 9

where are the aerial hyphae located

Answer 9

above the media

Question 10

where are the vegetative hyphae located

Answer 10

in the media

Question 11

what kind of hyphae get nutrients

Answer 11

vegetative hyphae

Question 12

what kind of hyphae have clear doors

Answer 12

septet hyphae

Question 13

what kind of hyphae contain few doors or none at all

Answer 13

coenocytic hyphae

Question 14

what kind of hyphae have clamp connections

Answer 14

separated hyphae with clamp connections

Question 15

what kind of hyphae have spaces

Answer 15

hyphae with arthroconidia and disjunctor cells

Question 16

are vegetative hyphae reproductive

Answer 16

no

Question 17

what makes a good specimen (3)

Answer 17

deep, increased polymorphic nucleotides, and decreased epidermis cells

Question 18

what kind of hyphae have constrictions

Answer 18

pseudohyphae

Question 19

during sexual reproduction when 2 hyphae come together what do they make

Answer 19

zygospore

Question 20

what is the infectious point of fungi

Answer 20

spores

Question 21

what is the most common way of fungal infection (2)

Answer 21

inhalation and skin contact with spores

Question 22

how do you get ring worm

Answer 22

skin touches spores

Question 23

what fungal group produces basidiospores

Answer 23

basidiomycetes

Question 24

what does the basidium produce

Answer 24

basidiospores

Question 25

what fungal group produces ascospores

Answer 25

ascomycetes

Question 26

what does the ascus produce

Answer 26

ascospores

Question 27

how many ascospores are usually in the ascus

Answer 27

4-8

Question 28

what process makes asexual spores

Answer 28

mitosis

Question 29

what kind of reproduction makes sporangiospores

Answer 29

asexual

Question 30

what does the sporangium produce

Answer 30

sporangiospores

Question 31

how are sporangiospores released

Answer 31

sporangium ruptures

Question 32

what kind of reproduction makes canidiospores/conidia

Answer 32

asexual

Question 33

are conidia produced in a sac

Answer 33

no

Question 34

what is 1 layer of conidia Called

Answer 34

uniserate

Question 35

what is 2 layers of conidia called

Answer 35

biserate

Question 36

what is considered the primitive spore

Answer 36

arthrospore

Question 37

how does hyphae make arthrospores

Answer 37

they separate then fragment into arthrospores

Question 38

when are chlamydospores produced

Answer 38

in unfavorable conditions

Question 39

t or F: chlamydospores are not highly resistant

Answer 39

F

Question 40

what causes the chlamydospores to have a thick wall

Answer 40

hyphae contrats --> loses water --> condenses cytoplasm

Question 41

when do chlamydospores become fungi

Answer 41

when the conditions improve

Question 42

if a chlamydospores is on the end of hyphae what is it called

Answer 42

terminal

Question 43

if a chlamydospores is in the middle of hyphae what is it called

Answer 43

intercalary

Question 44

if a chlamydospores is on the edge of hyphae what is it called

Answer 44

sessile

Question 45

what kind of spores do budding yeast make

Answer 45

blastospore

Question 46

what kind of reproduction makes blastospores

Answer 46

asexual

Question 47

what kind of reproduction makes arthrospores

Answer 47

asexual

Question 48

what kind of reproduction makes chlamydospore

Answer 48

asexual

Question 49

what is the name of phyla asomycetes large asexual spores

Answer 49

macroconidia

Question 50

what kind of septa do macroconidia have

Answer 50

transverse

Question 51

are macro or microconidia more infectious

Answer 51

micro

Question 52

what is the name of phyla asomycetes small asexual spores

Answer 52

microconidia

Question 53

what kind of spores are associated with dermatophytes

Answer 53

macro and microconidia

Question 54

Epidermophyton fungi only have what kind of asexual spores

Answer 54

macroconidia