FUNGI

Kingdom - __________________

Division(s) - __________________ (true fungi)

__________________ (slime molds)

Characteristics:

1. __________________

2. Cell walls made of __________________

3. Obtain food through __________________

__________________ - feed on dead material

__________________ - feed on living material

Habitats:

May grow wherever __________________ and __________________ material is available.

Structure:

__________________ - individual filaments that make up the body of most fungi

__________________ - a mass of hyphae

Importance:

1. __________________ organic matter in nature

2. Some cause __________________

3. Some are sources of __________________

4. Some ruin __________________

5. __________________-making

6. Production of __________________

7. Eaten as __________________

Division - __________________

Class: __________________

Produce spores in round sporecases called __________________.

Example - __________________, Rhizopus stolonifer

__________________ - hyphae stalk that supports a sporangium

__________________ - root-like branching hyphae that absorb nourishment

Mating strains - hyphae from two genetically different molds may reproduce sexually. 2 strains are called + and -.

__________________ - the structure that forms when nuclei from the two mating strains combine.

Class: __________________ (water molds) - produce distinct male and female gametes.

Walls of water mold are made of __________________.

Phytophthora infestans - caused the __________________ in Ireland between 1845-1847. Over 2 million people died of starvation.

Class: __________________ (club fungi)

Includes: __________________, puffballs, shelf fungi, rusts and smuts

Produce spores on club shaped structures called __________________.

__________________- (the most well-known fungus)

__________________ - fruiting body of mushroom

__________________ - thin sheets of tissue underneath the cap that contain the basidia

__________________ - the stalk that supports the cap

__________________ - the "death angel," a very poisonous mushroom

__________________ - a fungus disease that alternates between wheat plants and the barberry bush.

__________________ - produces large deformed growths on ears of corn.

__________________ - a fungus that grows on rye and causes severe problems if eaten.

Class: __________________ (sac fungi) - Produce spores in sack-like structures

__________________ - sac

__________________ - unicellular, no hyphae, feed on carbohydrates, produce energy by fermentation which releases carbon dioxide and alcohol.

__________________ - cause diseases of apples, roses, and grapes.

__________________ disease - kills elm trees

__________________ - kills chestnut trees

Class: __________________ (imperfect fungi)

(sexual reproduction has not been discovered)

The asexual spores are called __________________.

Well-known types:

__________________ and __________________

__________________ - yeast infections

__________________ - used to make the antibiotic called penicillin, also flavors cheeses.

DIVISION - __________________(Slime molds)

The body of a slime mold resembles a __________________, but its reproductive stage resembles fungi. The body of a slime mold is called a __________________