Fungi Classification Quiz PDF
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This document provides information on different types of fungi, their characteristics, and uses. It includes details on the different groups of fungi, such as Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota, Glomeromycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Deuteromycota, and describes their reproductive structures, and examples of each type of fungi. It also mentions the symbiotic relationship between lichens and their usefulness as bioindicators.
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1 Chytridiomycota - Mostly aquatic with flaggelated spores called zoospores Exhibits both sexual and asexual reproduction Allomyces - water mold chytrid Batrachytium dendrobatidis - causes chytridiomycosis in amphibians 2 zygomycota - forms zygospores Zygospores - reprodu...
1 Chytridiomycota - Mostly aquatic with flaggelated spores called zoospores Exhibits both sexual and asexual reproduction Allomyces - water mold chytrid Batrachytium dendrobatidis - causes chytridiomycosis in amphibians 2 zygomycota - forms zygospores Zygospores - reproductive structures that are capable of surviving in harsh conditions Zygospores - forms duing sexual reproduction Zygomycota are terrestrial and depends on decaying material. They have coenocytic hyphae (multinucleated) Rhizopus stolonifer - black bread mold Pilobolus - grows on dung 3 Glomeromycota - form arbuscular mycorrhizal associations with plant roots for nutrient exchange Mutualism Reproduction through multinucleated spores - eg. glomus 4 ascomycota (sat fungi) - forms ascus Ascus - sexual spores of ascomycetes are placed in sac like structures Ascospores - sexual spores Conidia - asexual structures Eg. Saccharomyces cerevisiae - bakers yeast Panicillium - antibiotics Asergillus - Fermentation. Some are pathogenic 5 Basidiomycota (club fungi) - forms basidium Basidium - club shape structure that contain spores Typically have complex life cycles composed of asexual and sexual stages Eg. Agaricus bisporus - edible mushrooms Ustilago maydis - corn smut Ganoderma lucidum - used in traditional medicine 6 deuteromycota (fungi imperfecti) - Absent sexual reproduction phase (anamorphic fungi) Conidia - asexual spores Eg. Candida albicans Aspegillus niger - citric acid Lichens - symbiotic association between fungi (ascomycota) and photosynthetic organisms (algae) - Used as bioindicators
