Question | Answer |
What are the characteristics of fungi? | Stationary
Heterotrophic
Eukaryotic
Unicellular (yeast)
Multicellular |
What is the morphology of fungi? | Fruiting body
above ground
reproductive
produces spores in favorable conditions
Mycellum
underground
makes up bulk of orgnanism
netlike mass from branching hyphae
structural unit of fungus
multicellular thread like filament |
How do fungi obtain nutrition? | release digestive enzymes, then absorbs nutrients |
How are fungi classified by nutrition? | parasitic
absorb nutrients from cells of host organism (live)
predatory
mycelia traps prey
mutualistic
have mutualistic relations with plants/protists
saprobial
feeds on dead organisms or organic waste
decomposers |
How are fungi classified? | by reproduction and fruiting body structure
Fungi Imperfecti
Chytrids
Zygospore Fungi
Sac Fungi
Club Fungi |
How do fungi reproduce | Sexual
Asexual
spore production
budding (smaller cell develops attached to parent cell then breaks off)
fragmentation (mycelium breaks off and forms another individual) |
What is the characteristics of fungi imperfecti? | Asexual
soy sauce + cheese
diverse
Penicillium
moldy fruit
antibiotic penicillin |
What are the characteristics of Chytrids | mostly unicellular
mostly aquatic
spores have flagella |
What are the characteristics of Zygospore Fungi? | Multicellular
Mostly terrestrial
common mould on food left out |
Sac Fungi | largest group
form finger-like sacs during sexual reproduction
breaks down wood and bone for food
includes single-celled yeast |
Club Fungi | grow on lawns and puffballs
underground hyphae is largest part of fungus
centre of the circle is where the mycelium begins and expands outwards |
Lichens | aka composite organisms
fungi+photosynthetic organism
important as a food source
for natural dye
for litmus paper |