Kingdom Fungi Flashcards
(20 cards)
Asci/Ascus
Inner sac-like regions of fungus that hold spores (Ascomycota)
Ascocarp
The larger, outer macrovisible structure of the Asci/Ascus (Ascomycota)
Ascopspores
The spores produced in the Asci (Ascomycota)
Basidia/Basidium
Club shaped reproductive structure (Basidiomycota)
Basidiocarp
Body of the mushroom (Basidiomycota)
Basidiospores
Spores produced in the Basidia/Basidium (Basidiomycota)
Chitin
A complex carbohydrate; a form of protection from natural natural threats, and the reason fungus absorbs food instead of engulfing it.
Conidia
spores produced during asexual reproduction in ascomycetes; not formed in sporangia
Gills
hold spores in fungi
Heterokaryotic Stage
The presence of different nuclei in the same cytoplasm that have yet to fuse
Hyphae
Threadlike filaments that form to make hyphae
Imperfect Fungi
Fungi that reproduce only asexually
Karyogamy
fusion of the haploid nuclei to the diploid zygote
Mycelium
Made from hyphae; the network which makes up the body of fungus
Pileus
The cap of the mushroom
Plasmogamy
mycelium of 2 of the same sexes (species) and their cytoplasm fuses
Stipe
the stalk or stem
Thallus
the body
Zygosporangia
Multinucleate; resistant to external threats (freeze or dry)
- metabollically dormant
Zygospores
Result of meiosis (haploid), spores released will land & grow.
