fungi Flashcards
(13 cards)
characteristics of fungus
multicellular
eukaryotes
cell walls contain chitin
heterotrophic saprobes
how do they reproduce
sexually and asexually
name of fungi with cross walls? without?
separate fungi, coenocytic fungi
divisions of fungib
zygomycota
ascomycota
basidomycota
deuteromycota
what is found in the cell walls?
chitin
names of spores formed in ascomycota
sexual - ascospores
asexual - coindia
spores in basidiomycota (hint: 1)
basidiospores
reproductive cells in basidiomycota
basidia - found in the gills of mushrooms
do basidiomycota reproduce sexually to asexually
usually sexually
do zygomycota repoduce sexually or asexually? how is this process?
usually asexually
under less favourable conditions they will reproduce sexually to form a zygospore which will can dormant until conditions are better
where are conidia formed
in chains at the tops of specialized reproductive hyphae
what is budding
a smaller cell seperation g from a larger parent cell
what is fragmentation
a piece of mycelium breaking off to from a new individual