Fungi Classifications Flashcards

"Mycota" designates a phylum in the fungal classification.
Phylum Chytridiomycota includes the only class, the Chytridiomycetes.
Chytrids are primitive Eumycota, primarily aquatic, and have flagellated gametes.
Zygomycota, known as Conjugated Fungi, produce non-septated hyphae and include bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer.
Zygomycetes contribute to commercial applications, producing intermediates for semi-synthetic steroid hormones.
Conjugation in fungi, which differs from bacterial conjugation, leads to the term "conjugated fungi."
Ascomycota, or Sac Fungi, reproduce within sac-like structures called asci.
Aflatoxins are toxic compounds released by fungi from the genus Aspergillus.
Cryptococcus neoformans can cause severe respiratory illnesses.

Chytridiomycota (chytrids) are the most primitive fungi; they reproduce sexually and asexually via zoospores.
Zygomycota undergo fusion of hyphae to produce zygospores in zygosporangia during sexual reproduction.
Ascomycota predominantly reproduce asexually but form ascospores in asci during sexual reproduction.
Basidiomycota, known as club fungi, produce fruiting bodies containing basidia.
Deuteromycota, previously classified fungi with no known sexual cycle, are now included in Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.
Glomeromycota form symbiotic mycorrhizal associations with plant roots.

A dikaryotic ascus in the ascocarp undergoes karyogamy, meiosis, and mitosis to produce eight ascospores.
A basidiocarp serves as the fruiting body for mushroom-producing fungi.
Chytridiomycota is identified as the most primitive phylum of fungi.
Basidiomycota includes fungi that produce club-shaped structures with spores.
Glomeromycota establish beneficial symbiotic relationships with tree roots.
Fungi with no sexual reproduction were once classified as Deuteromycota.
Animals help in dispersing fungal spores by ingesting and excreting them.