TERMS

Question 1

hyphae which grow above the colony surface

Answer 1

aerial hyphae

Question 2

the asexual state of the life cycle

Answer 2

anamorph

Question 3

where the primary host is man

Answer 3

anthropophilic

Question 4

hyphae with swollen tips on dichotomous branches

Answer 4

antier hyphae

Question 5

conidium formed by fragmentation of the hyphae

Answer 5

arthroconidium

Question 6

sexual spore forned in an ascus

Answer 6

ascospore

Question 7

a saclike cell in which ascospores are formed following meiosis

Answer 7

ascus

Question 8

with no cross walls

Answer 8

aseptae

Question 9

sexual spore formed on a basidium following meiosis

Answer 9

basidiospore

Question 10

a specialized cell which produces basidiospore

Answer 10

basidium

Question 11

conidium formed from an outgrowth of the parent cell

Answer 11

blastoconidium

Question 12

production of daughter cells by separation of outgrowths of the parent cell

Answer 12

budding

Question 13

a gelatinous covering around a cell

Answer 13

capsule

Question 14

a swollen thick walled resting cell

Answer 14

chlamydospore

Question 15

club shaped

Answer 15

clavate

Question 16

a sterile dome-shaped expansion at the top of a sporangiophore

Answer 16

columella

Question 17

a specialized hypha which produces conidia

Answer 17

conidiophore

Question 18

an asexual propagule

Answer 18

conidium

Question 19

with brown or black colored hyphae or spores

Answer 19

dermatiaceous

Question 20

a member of the trichophyton, microsporum, or epidermophyton genus which has the ability to attack skin, hair or nail keratin

Answer 20

dermatophyte

Question 21

symmetric branching of hyphae

Answer 21

dichotomous

Question 22

having two morphologic forms dependent on temperature

Answer 22

dimorphic

Question 23

containing a double set of chromosomes

Answer 23

diploid

Question 24

a slow growing variant

Answer 24

dysgonic

Question 25

dermatophytic in vivo hair invasion where most of the fungus is in the form of a sheath of spores outside the hair

Answer 25

ectothrix

Question 26

a spore formed inside a cell by cleavage of the contents

Answer 26

endospores

Question 27

dermatophytic in vivo hair invasion where the spores are formed inside the hair

Answer 27

endothrix

Question 28

tapering at both ends and swollen at the middle, spindle shaped

Answer 28

fusiform

Question 29

where the natural habitat Is in the soil

Answer 29

geophilic

Question 30

smooth or waxy surface without aerial mycelium

Answer 30

glabrous

Question 31

containing a single set of chromosomes

Answer 31

haploid

Question 32

a filament

Answer 32

hypha

Question 33

occurring within the length of the hypha

Answer 33

intercalary

Question 34

the larger of two types of conidium formed in a single species

Answer 34

macroconidium

Question 35

division of diploid nucleus to form two haploid nuclei

Answer 35

meiosis

Question 36

the smaller of two types of conidium formed in a single species

Answer 36

microconidium

Question 37

division of diploid nucleus to form two diploid nuclei

Answer 37

mitosis

Question 38

a filamentous fungus

Answer 38

mold

Question 39

showing both vertical and horizontal divisions

Answer 39

muriform

Question 40

a mass of hyphae

Answer 40

mycelium

Question 41

a solid mass composed of fungal elements in tissue

Answer 41

mycetoma

Question 42

hyphae which have comb like projections

Answer 42

pectinate hyphae

Question 43

a specialized cell which produce successive conidia

Answer 43

phialide

Question 44

a filament formed by the elongation of yeast cells

Answer 44

pseudohyphae

Question 45

pear shaped

Answer 45

pyriform

Question 46

a root like filament

Answer 46

rhizoid

Question 47

cup like crusts containing profuse hyphae, formed on the skin in favus

Answer 47

scutula

Question 48

a cross wall

Answer 48

septum

Question 49

a spherical cell containing endospores

Answer 49

spherule

Question 50

a specialized hypha which produces a sporangium

Answer 50

sporangiophore

Question 51

a structure in which asexual spores are formed by cleavage of the contents

Answer 51

sporangium

Question 52

a general term for a reproductive propagule

Answer 52

spore

Question 53

the sexual phase of the life cycle

Answer 53

teleomorph

Question 54

a swollen tip of a conidiophore or sporangiophore

Answer 54

vesicle

Question 55

a fungus which is predominantly unicellular and characteristically divides by budding

Answer 55

yeast

Question 56

where the primary host is an animal

Answer 56

zoophilic

Question 57

a thick walled resting spore

Answer 57

zygospore