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Fungi Characteristics
- 1. Heterokaryotic via absorbtion
- -digestive enzymes secreted
- -absorb nutrients through cell wall and membrane
- 2. Cell wall made of chitin
- 3. Tubular cells called hyphae
- 4. 2 Groups: Parasites/Symbionts (food from living)
- Saprophytes (food from the dead)
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Chytridiomycota
Allomyces
- -aquatic
- -aseptate hyphae that produce flagellated gametes
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Allomyces Gametophyte (n) Phase
- -Produces male & female gametangia
- -Females usually below the males
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Allomyces Sporophyte (2n) Phase
Meiosporangium
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Zygomycota
-Rhizopus (bread mold)
-Phycomyces
-Pilobolus (rabbit dung)
- -terrestrial
- -aseptate hyphae (septate during reproduction)
- -sporangium filled w/ sporangiospores
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Rhizopus
Zygomycota
- -terrestrial
- -aseptate hyphae (septate during reproduction)
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Phycomyces
Zygomycota
- -terrestrial
- -aseptate hyphae (septate during reproduction)
- -sexual reproduction (+) & (-)
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Pilobolus (Rabbit Dung)
Zygomycota
- -terrestrial
- -aseptate hyphae (septate during reproduction)
- -asexual
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Glomeromycota
Mychorrhizae
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Mycorrhizae
- -aseptate hyphae
- -arbuscular mycorrhizae
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Ascomycota
- -Peziza
- -Morchella
- -Sordaria
- -Sacchromyces
- -Penicillum
- -Aspergillus
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Ascomycota Characteristics
- -Ascus filled with ascospores (usually 8)
- -hyphae w/ perforated septa
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Saccharomyces (yeast)
Ascomycota
- -unicellular
- -live in sugary liquids
- -budding (asexual reproduction)
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Penicillum (Conidia)
Ascomycota
- -Conidiophore w/ conidia & conidiospores
- -Conidia: asexual spore produced by mitosis at tips of conidiophores
- -exogenous mitospores
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Aspergillus (Conidia)
Flower shape
Ascomycota
- -Conidiophore, conidia, conidiospores
- -exogenous mitospores
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Division Basidiomycota (Mushrooms)
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Basidiomycota Characteristics
- -terrestrial
- -hyphae w/ perforated septa
- -basidia, basidium, basidiospores
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