Fungi (Chapter 31)
Pink ear rot of corn
Figure 23-16
Fungi Are they always a nuisance?
Mycotoxins: e.g., Aflatoxins from Aspergillus flavus And ergotism from Claviceps purpurea.
Amanita
Figure 25-12c
Budding yeast
Figure 24-7
Fungal production of an antibiotic
Decomposers Mycology: Study of Fungi
Fungi may be Saprobes (absorb nutrients from dead organic material) Parasites (absorb nutrients from live organic material
31.20 Examples of fungal diseases of plants: Black stem rust on wheat (left), ergots on rye (right)
Strawberries with Botrytis mold, a plant parasitic fungus
Fungi may be Saprobes (absorb nutrients from dead organic material) Parasites (absorb nutrients from live organic material) Mutualistic symbionts
31.16 Lichens
31.17 Anatomy of a lichen
Anatomy of a lichen Algal cells Fungus
Mycorrhizae: Fungus living in a mutualistic symbiosis with plant roots
31.19 An experimental test of the benefits of mycorrhizae (soybean plants)
31.1 Fungal mycelia
Septate hyphae (left) and nonseptate (coenocytic) hyphae (right)
31.2 Examples of fungal hyphae (chitin)
Fungi may be Saprobes (absorb nutrients from dead organic material) Parasites (absorb nutrients from live organic material) Mutualistic symbionts Predators
31.13 A fairy ring
31.3 Generalized life cycle of fungi
31.4 Phylogeny of fungi
Deuteromycetes (imperfect fungi) Fungi without known sexual stages that cannot (yet) be classified.
31.5 Chytridiomycota (chytrids)
31.4 Phylogeny of fungi
31.6 The common mold Rhizopus decomposing strawberries Conjugating Fungi
31.7 The life cycle of the zygomycete Rhizopus (black bread mold)
Young zygosporangium
Mature zygosporangium
Pilobolus
31.4 Phylogeny of fungi
Sac Fungi: Ascomycetes - Life cycle
Budding yeast
31.9. Ascomycetes (sac fungi) Scarlet cup TrufflesMorel
A moldy orange (left), Penicillium (right)
31.4 Phylogeny of fungi
31.12 The life cycle of a mushroom-forming basidiomycete
31.11 Basidiomycetes (club fungi): Greville's bolete (top left), turkey tail (bottom left), stinkhorn (right)
Death Cap (Amanita phalloides)Shaggy Mane (Coprinus comatus)
Gills (reproduction)
Table 31.1 Review of Fungal Phyla