Topic 18: Kingdom Fungi Flashcards
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What are the three shared characteristics of fungi
- absorptive chemoheterotrophs
- have hyyphae and mycellia
- chitin cell wall
What can fungi digest?
Chitin, lignin, keratin and cellulose
What are most fungi characterized by?
Classified by their hyphae (branched fillaments) that absorb nutrients
What is hyphae?
Thread like multicellular filaments that collectively form mycellia
What happens whn fungi come across a source of food
Their hyphae join together to create mycellium, which aids in nutrient absorption
What is mycellium?
A network of hyphae
Hyphae grow at their ____
Tips
What is the hypae protected by?
Protected by chitin and glucosamine polymers in their cell wall
Fungi type that is The earliest fungal lineage that have coenycytic (aseptate). Lack septa and no walls within their hyphae. A continous compartment of nuclei
Coenocytic fungi
Fungi group that have septa (cross-walls) which divide cytoplasm into separate cells. Most fungi are this type
Septate fungi
Fungi type that has a single nuclei per cell
Septate fungi
Fungi reproduce and disperse by ___
Spores
Fungal mycellia are ____ and produce ____ spores that grow and produce ___
Haploud (1n)
Haploid (1n)
Hyphae
Fungi life cycle has ____ and ___
Karyogamy
Plasmogamy
Plasmogamy
The life stage in a fungi where th cytoplasm fuses
KAryogamy
Lifee cycle stage of a fungi where fusion of the nuclei occurs
Heterokaryotic stage
Stage in between karyogamy and plasmogamy where genetically different haploid nuclei coexist in a single cell
Fungi nuclei are ___
Haploid (1n)
Septate hphae are ___karyotic
Mono
Coenocytic hyphae are ____karyotic
Homo
What makes sexual reproduction different in fungi
Sexual reproduction involves hyphae of different mating types and use sexual signalling molecules (phermones) to communicate their mating types
Stage in fungi reproduction in between plasmogamy and karyogamy that cohabit multiple genetically distinct haploid cells
Heterokaryon
What is sexaul reproduction in septate fungi like
Haploid nuclei pair together in mitosis to form dikaryotic mycellium that contain two nuclei per cell
What do fugi lack in sexual repoduction
Diploid multicellular stage