Flashcards in Kingdom Fungi Deck (26)
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What is mycology?
the study of fungi
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What are nonphotosythesising organisms with chitin cell walls?
Fungi
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What are septa?
cell wall partitions
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What grows from spores to form the whole fungus?
haploid hyphae filamants
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What is the Phylum Chitiridomycota made up of?
water molds
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What is Phylum Zygomycota made up of?
bread mold
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What is Rhizopus?
common bread mold
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When does bread mold produce sexually?
When food becomes depleted
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What type of zygospore is formed when Hyphae come together?
a diploid zygospore
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What makes up phylum Glomeromycota?
asexual plant sybiots
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Where do asexual plant symbiots from Phylum Glomeromycota grow?
On tips of tree roots
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What are asexual plant symbiots essential too?
Tree transplants
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What are two types of asexual plant symbiots?
What is the difference in the two?
AM Fungus (Arbuscular Mycorrhaze)-Penetrates tree roots
Ectomycorrhiza-Doesn't penetrate
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What makes up Phylum Ascomycota?
The Sac Fungi
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How do sac fungi reproduce?
With sexual ascospores and asexual conidospores
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What phylum does Penicilin belong to?
Ascomycota
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How do yeasts reproduce?
Can produce sexually by cell fusion or asexually by buddin
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What yeast causes a yeast infection?
Canidia
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What causes athletes foot?
Trichphyton rubum
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What is Phylum Basidomycota made up of?
The Club Fungi
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Where are spores produced on mushrooms?
The basidia
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Are the spores produced on mushrooms haploid or diploid?
haploid
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What type of mushrooms are poisonious?
Amanita mushrooms
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What type of mushroom are magic mushrooms?
Psilocybes
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What type of sac fungi are fungi/algae symbiots?
Lichens
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