Kingdom Fungi

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hardened mass of mycelium that generally serves as an overwintering stage.

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sclerotium

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Fungi is

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Unicellular

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tube-like strands

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Hypha or hyphae

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tube-like strands called hypha

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Filmentous

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Aggregate of hyphae

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Mycelium

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Mycelial cords, rhizomorphs, and fruit bodies (mushrooms)

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Multicellular

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“Other food”

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Heterotrophic

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Feed on dead tissues or organic waste (decomposers)

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Saprophytic

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Mutually beneficial relationship between a fungus and another organism

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Symbiotic

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Feeding on living tissue of a host

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Parasitic

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Parasites that cause disease are called

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Pathogens

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Fungi can get carbon from

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Organic sources

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Hyphal tips release

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Enzymes

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The nucleus does what

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Directs

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Tubular, hard walk of chitin, multinucleate, grow at tips

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Hyphae

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Hyphae grow from their

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Tips

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Extensive, feeding web of hyphae

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Mycelium

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Ecologically active bodies of fungi

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Mycelia

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“Fungus roots”

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Mycorrhizae

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Nutrients for plants

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Fungus

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Carbohydrate for fungus

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Plants

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Type of a Mycorrhizae uses hyphae to invade root cells

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Zygomycota

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This type of Mycorrhizae uses hyphae invade root but doesn’t penetrate the cells

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Ascomycota &Basidimycota

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What is an extremely important ecological role of fungi

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Mycorrhizae

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The three main types of Lichens are

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Crustose lichens Foliose lichens Fruticose lichens

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Forms flat crusty plates

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Crustose lichens

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Leafy in appearance, although loved or branched structures are not true leafs

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Foliose lichens

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Finely branches and may hang down like beards from branches or grow up from the ground like tiny shrubs

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Fruticose lichens

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Natures biological monitors of pollution and air quality

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Lichens

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Acts like a sponge, absorbs water from the atmosphere, acts as a bioindicator for pollution

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Lichens

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Asexual (product of mitosis) or sexual (product or meiosis) in orgin

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Spores

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Product of mitosis

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Asexual

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Product of meiosis

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Sexual

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Allows the fungus to move to new food source

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Spores

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Resistant stage- allows fungus to survive periods of adversity

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Spores

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Means of introducing new genetic combinations into a population

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Spores

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Spores are

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Reproductive cells (sexual and asexual)

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Spores are formed directly on

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Hyphae

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Spores are reproductive cells formed directly on hyphae inside ___ and fruiting bodies

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Sporangia

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Mycelia have a huge

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Surface area

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Composed of cellulose and/or chitin

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Cell wall present

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Food storage is generally in the form of ____ and ____

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Lipids and glycogen

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True nucleus and other organelles present

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Eukaryotes

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All fungi require

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Water and oxygen

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Fungi can ____ as long as it’s not too extreme

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Grow everywhere

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Diverse group, number of __ is 90,000 or so but it is believe that there are probably more than 1.5 million

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Describe species

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Simple fungi, produce motile spores, mostly saprophites and parasites in aquatic habitats

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Chytrids Or Chytridiomycota

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Produces motile spores - zoospores

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Chytrids

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Mostly saprophytic and parasites in aquatic habitats

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Chytrids

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Asexual reprod - common (sporangia - bags of asexual spores)

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Zygomycota “zygote fungi”

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Hyphae have no

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Cross walls (Multinucleate)

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Grows rapidly

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Zygomycota

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Decomposers, pathogens, and some form mycorrhizal associations with plants

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Zygomycota

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Asexual reproduction- common

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Ascomycota “sac fungi”

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Important plant parasites and saprobes

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Ascomycota “sac fungi”

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An example of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is

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Yeast

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Decomposers, pathogens, and found in most lichens

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Ascomycota

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Asexual reproduction- not so common

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Basidiomycota “club fungi”

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Basidiomycota are long lived ___ mycelia

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Dikaryotic

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Enzymes decompose wood, leaves, and other organic materials

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Basidiomycota

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Mycelium and fruiting body are

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Dikaryotic

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The only diploid cells

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Young basidia

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Single called fungi

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Yeast

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Adapted to liquids, plant saps, water films, moist animal tissues

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Yeast

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Rapidly grow and asexual spores

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Molds

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many human importance’s such as food spoilage, food products, antibiotics

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Molds

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Fungi have cell walls that have cellulose and unique polysaccharide components to them

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Chitin