bi0 chapters 25 fungi
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- general features of the fungi kingdom
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- cell wall made of chitin
- heterotrophic
- safrotrophic
- non motal during growing phase
- multicellular
- reproduce by spores - features of yeast
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- single cells most of the time
- cell wall- chitin and cellulose
- asexually - budding
- sexually- spore formation - comparison of a yeast to other fungi
- fungi has hypha and fruiting bodies
- hypha
- long thin threads of cytoplasm
- septa
- dividing walls that separates thread into individual units
- coenocytic
- hypha with no dividing walls
- mycelium
- mass of hypha
- fruiting body
- reproductive structure that will produce spores
- thallus
- term for entire fungus
- what conditions are necessary to consider when growing (or not) fungi
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- moist, dark, warm
- tolerant of high salt and sugar
- organic nutrient supply, dead, manur
- cold/warm
- slightly acidic 5.6 ph
- dry
- form spores - 4 divisions of fungi
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- zygomycetes
- ascomycetes
- basdiomycetes
- deutermoycetes - what is a lichen? where do they grow? how do they obtain minerals? what are they sensitive to and why?
- lichen - combination of fungus and green algae. fungus is base, green algae is food maker, grow in places too inhospital for anything else; rock surfaces, tree bark. obtain minerals thro air, sensitive to air pollution
- why are fungi important to nature? what are they used for commerically? and medically?
- fungi are decomposers, they break down all wastes and are recyclers. commerically - food or food making, wine and beer industry, bread-making, dairy productions and other formented food products. medically - pharmacuetical industry, drungs, anitboitcs, pelliclin causes dieases, chesnut blight, cereal rust, atheletes foot.