Cellular Slime Molds: Dictyostelium
Acellular Slime Molds: Physarum
Acellular Slime Molds: Stemonitis
Oomycetes: Saprolegnia Asexual Sexual
Oomycetes: Achlya Asexual Sexual
Oomycetes: Pythium Damping Off Disease Root Rot Asexual Sexual
Oomycetes: Phytophthora Late Potato Blight Red Core Asexual Sexual
Oomycetes: Peronospora Asexual Sexual Blue Mold (Tobacco)
Oomycetes: Plasmopara Asexual Downy Mildew (Grape) Sexual
Oomycetes: Albugo White Rust (Mustard) Asexual Sexual
Chytridiomycetes: Olpidium Cabbage Probable Asexual (Zoospore Cysts) Probable Sexual (Resting Spore) Holocarpic, Monocentric, Endobiotic
Chytridiomycetes: Synchytrium Black Wart (Potato) Encysted Zoospores (Asexual)? Resting Spore? (Sexual)? Holocarpic, Monocentric, Endobiotic
Chytridiomycetes: Coelomomyces Holocarpic, Monocentric, Endobiotic Copepod Mosquito Larvae, Midge Larvae
Chytridiomycetes: Rhizophydium Eucarpic, Moncentric, Epibiotic
Chytridiomycetes: Batrachochytrium Eucarpic, Monocentric, Epibiotic
Chytridiomycetes: Allomyces Thin-Walled Sporangia (2n) Asexual Sexual Resistant Sporangium (2n) Male (top), Female (bottom) Gametangia (n) Eucarpic, Polycentric
Chytridiomycetes: Allomyces Allomyces Life Cycle
Chytridiomycetes: Neocallimastix Eucarpic, Monocentric
Zygomycetes: Rhizopus Asexual Sexual Zygosporangium Sporangiophore, Sporangium
Zygomycetes: Rhizopus Rhizopus Life Cycle
Zygomycetes: Mucor (Bread Mold) Mucormycosis
Zygomycete: Phycomyces
Zygomycetes: Entomophthora Sporangiophores, Sporangia
Zygomycetes: Pilobolus (“Dung Cannons”) Sporangiophore, Sporangia
Glomeromycota (Glomales): Glomus
Ascomycetes: Asexual Life Stage: Anamorph Conidiospores (= Conidia)
Ascomycetes: Sexual Life Stage: Teleomorph Ascus with Ascospores Ascoma (= Ascocarp)
Ascomycete: Taphrina (Peach Leaf Curl) Teleomorph: Asci (No Ascoma)
4 Peziza (Cup Fungus) 37 Sarcoscypha (Scarlet Cup) 6 5 Ascomycetes Teleomorph: Asci in Cup-Shaped Ascoma (Apothecium)
Ascomycete: Ascobolus (Dung Fungus) 7 Teleomorph: Asci in Cup-Shaped Ascoma (Apothecium)
Ascomycete: Morchella (Morel) Teleomorph: Asci in Cup-Shaped Ascoma (Apothecium)
Ascomycete: Tuber (Truffle) Teleomorph: Asci in Cup-Shaped Ascoma (Apothecium)
Ascomycete: Sordaria (Dung Fungus) Teleomorph: Asci in Flask-Shaped Ascoma (Perithecium) Anamorph: Unknown
Ascomycete: Neurospora (Red Bread Mold) Teleomorph: Asci in Flask-Shaped Ascoma (Perithecium) Anamorph: Copious Conidia Production Conida Production (Circadian Rhythm)
Teleomorph: Asci in Flask-Shaped Ascoma (Perithecium) Embedded within Elongate Stromata Ascomycete: Xylaria (Candle Snuff Fungus; Dead Man’s Fingers)
Ascomycete: Claviceps Teleomorph: Sclerotium falls on Ground; Tip Contains Flask-Shaped Ascoma (Perithecium) Lysergic Acid Ethyl Amide (LSD)
Ascomycete: Cordyceps Teleomorph: Spear-Shaped Stromata containing Flask-Shaped Ascoma (Perithecia) grow out of Parasitized Insect Body. Spores Enter Insect Body through Spiracles, Germinate Fungus often enters Brain of Insect. Insect Body Transformed into Sclerotium Perithecia Multiseptate Ascospores
Ascomycete: Nectria (Apple Canker, Coral Spot) Anamorph: Asci in Flask-Shaped Ascoma (Perithecium)
Ascomycete: Venturia (Apple Scab) Teleomorph: Asci in Flask-Shaped Ascoma (Pseudoperithecium)
Ascomycete: Oidium (Powdery Mildew) Anamorph: Few, Loosely Scattered Conidiophores
103 Ascomycete: Ophiostoma (Blue Stain Fungus) Anamorph: Densely packed conidia
Eupenicillium Penicillium Ascomycete: Penicillium (Mold) Anamorph: Conidiophore NOT expanded Teleomorph: Enclosed Ascoma (Cleistothecium)
Eurotium Aspergillus Ascomycete: Aspergillus (Mold) Anamorph: Conidiophore Expanded Teleomorph: Enclosed Ascoma (Cleistothecium) AspergillosusSake Koji: Rice Grain Inoculated with Aspergillus oryzae. Starch breakdown to monosaccharides) Starch
Ascomycetes: Histoplasma Histoplasmosis (“Spelunker’s Disease”) Anamorph: Some conidia knobbed (mycelium forming in soil), other conidia unknobbed (yeast-cell forming in lungs)
Ascomycetes: Coccidioides Anamorph: Jointed Spores (Mycelium Formation); Spherules of Endospores (Infect Lung) Valley Fever (Coccidiomycosis)
Athlete’s Foot; Ringworm Ascomycete: Trichophyton Jock Itch Anamorph: Multicellular Conidiospores
Ascomycetes: Arthrobotrys (Nematode-Trapping Fungus) Anamorph: Adhesive Knobs, Adhesive Nets, Contricting and Non-Constricting Rings
Ascomycete: Saccharomyces
Asexual Sexual Anamorph and Teleomorph: (See Above)
Ascomycete: Candida Anamorph: Dimorphic (Mycelium Stage, Yeast Stage) 1) Clinical Thrush 2) Esophageal Candiasis 3) *Yeast Infection