Fungi Flashcards
Which fungi is unicellular?
Yeast
What are fungi?
Fruiting bodies that have cell walls containing chitin.
What are 5 characteristics of fungi?
They are eukaryotes They are heterotrophs. They contain chitin. Most are decomposers. They reproduce both sexually and asexually with spores.
What is the name of a fungus’s reproductive system?
a fruiting body. An example is a mushroom.
What is hyphae?
a tiny filament structure found in multicellular fungi.
What is a mass of hyphae called?
mycellium
What are common molds?
molds in the phylum Zygomycetes and that grow on foods like meat, cheese, and bread.
Which phylum do sac fungi belong in?
Ascomycota.
What are sac fungi used for?
Some species, like yeast are used for baking and brewing.
What are the dry granules in yeast called?
ascospores
How do ascospores reproduce?
budding.
What causes athletes foot?
a parasitic sac fungi called Deuteromycetes.
Which phylum does club fungi belong in?
Basiediomycota.
from where do club fungi get their name?
Their reproductve structure’s shape.
What are imperfect fungi?
Unique fungi found in the phylum Duteromycota that mycologists don’t know where to place.
