Characteristics
Vocabulary
Molds, Lichens. Mycorrhizae
Club Fungi
Sac Fungi
Industry & Health
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Study of Fungi
What is mycology?
Unicellular fungi
What are yeasts?
Thread-like filaments that make up fungi
What are hyphae?
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Mass of filaments that make up the body of the fungi
What is mycelia or mycelium?
Hyphae without cross walls
What is coenocytic hyphae?
Fungi that grows on bread and oranges
What are molds?
Fungi type of nutrition also called decomposers
What are saprobes?
Makes up the cell wall of fungi
What is chitin?
Cross walls in some hyphae
What are septum or septa?
Asexual reproduction in yeast where cells pinch off
What is budding?
Hyphae that anchor molds to bread
What are rhizoids?
Released into the environment to break down food
What are digestive enzymes?
Horizontal hyphae in bread molds
What are stolons?
Where mycorrhizae are found on plants
What are roots?
Two organisms living symbiotically in lichens
What What is a fungus and an algae?
Reproductive structures
What are basidia?
A club fungi that can be eaten
What are mushrooms?
Gills containing spores are on the underside of this structure
What is the mushroom cap?
Supports the cap of a mushroom
What is the stipe?
Mushrooms reproduce by this type of spore
What are basidiospores?
Reproduce asexually by these
What are spores?
Another name for this group; comes from the phylum name
What are ascomycetes?
Name for the spore case
What is the ascus?
Common member of this group used to make beer and bread
What are yeasts?
Shape of the spore forming ascocarps
What is the cup?
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Common circular shaped fungi that attacks humans
What is ringworm?
Mold spores cause this when breathed in by humans
What are allergies?
Antibiotic produced by some fungi
What is penicillin?
Used to make the vaccine for hepatitis B
What are yeasts?
Fungal disease that causes redness and itching of the feet
What is athlete’s foot?
Final Jeopardy
Fungi reproduction
Asexual method of reproduction in which hyphae dry and shatter releasing cells
What is agar?