1. Lab Practical REview
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2. Chapter 4 Fungi & LichensPg

3. Kingdom Fungi Important Roles: Decomposers Provide Medicine
Food & drink
Pathogens

4. Characteristics Hyphae
Cell wall composed of chitin
Secrete digestive enzymes into the environment to absorb food and nutrients
Hyphae
Threadlike filaments that extend into food sources and increase surface area for absorption of nutrients

5. Characteristics Cont. Reproductive hyphae
Fruiting bodies – produce spores for reproduction and dispersal
Fruiting bodies/reproductive hyphae (orange)
Spores (blue)

6. Three groups of fungi Zygomycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota Bread molds
Unicellular yeast
Molds
Cup fungi
Morels
Basidiomycota
Mushroom-producing fungi
Shelf fungi
Puffballs

7. Reproduction Mitosis & Meiosis
Asexual – production of spores via mitosis
Sporangia produces haploid spores that are identical to parent
Sexual – the fusion of hyphae of two different haploid fungi to form diploid zygosporangia
Zygotes undergo meiosis to produce haploid spores.

8. Zygomycota – asexual (haploid)
Asexual reproduction
Spores produced in sporangium

9. Zygomycota – sexual (diploid)
Sexual reproduction
Hyphae fuse to form zygote
Zygote undergoes meiosis to create spores

10. Ascomycota Ascocarp Produce spores in asci Asci formed in ascocarps

11. Basidiomycota Reproductive structure is basidia
Basidia are produced in basidiocarps

12. Lichens
Symbiotic associations consisting of millions of photosynthetic algae or cyanobacteria and fungi.
The fungal hyphae mass provides a place for the microorganisms of the lichen colony to grow. In turn, the microorganisms provide nutrients to the fungus.
Are very susceptible to pollutants in rain and air.