1. 21-2 Classification of Fungi
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2. The four main groups of fungi are: Common molds (Zygomycota)
Classification
Fungi are classified according to their structure and method of reproduction.
The four main groups of fungi are:
Common molds (Zygomycota)
Sac fungi (Ascomycota)
Club fungi (Basidiomycota)
Imperfect fungi (Deuteromycota)

3. The Common Molds
The Common Molds
Familiar molds that grow on meat, cheese, and bread are called zygomycetes.
Zygomycetes have life cycles that include a zygospore.
A zygospore is a resting spore that contains zygotes formed during the sexual phase of the mold's life cycle.

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The Common Molds
Life Cycle of a Black Bread Mold
FERTILIZATION
MEIOSIS
Zygomycetes have life cycles that include a zygospore. During sexual reproduction in the bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer, hyphae from two different mating types form gametangia. The gametangia fuse, and zygotes form within a zygospore. The zygospore develops a thick wall and can remain dormant for long periods. The zygospore eventually germinates, and a sporangium emerges. The sporangium reproduces asexually by releasing haploid spores produced by meiosis.
Sexual Reproduction
Asexual Reproduction
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The Common Molds
Hyphae from different mating types fuse and produce gamete-forming structures called gametangia.
Gametangia
+ Mating type (N)
- Mating type (N)
Stolon
Rhizoids
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The Common Molds
Haploid (N) gametes produced in the gametangia fuse with gametes of the opposite mating type to form Diploid (2N) zygotes.
Zygotes develop into thick-walled zygospores.
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The Sac Fungi
The Sac Fungi
The phylum Ascomycota is named for the ascus, a reproductive structure that contains spores.
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The Sac Fungi
Life Cycle of Sac Fungi
The life cycle of an ascomycete usually includes both asexual and sexual reproduction.
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The Sac Fungi
Fruiting body (N + N)
Ascus (N + N)
Zygote (2N)
Asci
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10. Yeasts are unicellular fungi. Yeasts reproduce asexually by budding.
The Sac Fungi
Yeasts
Yeasts are unicellular fungi.
Yeasts reproduce asexually by budding.
Dry granules of yeast contain ascospores, which become active in a moist environment.

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The Club Fungi
The Club Fungi
The phylum Basidiomycota, or club fungi, gets its name from a specialized reproductive structure that resembles a club.
The spore-bearing structure is called the basidium.
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12. The spore-bearing structure is called the basidium.
The phylum Basidiomycota, or club fungi, gets its name from a specialized reproductive structure that resembles a club.
The spore-bearing structure is called the basidium.
The Club Fungi

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The Club Fungi
Life Cycle of Club Fungi
The club fungi are named after the club shape of their reproductive structure, the basidium. The cap of a basidiomycete such as a mushroom is composed of tightly packed hyphae. The lower side of the cap is composed of gills—thin blades of tissue lined with basidia that produce basidiospores.
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The Club Fungi
When the right combination of moisture and nutrients occurs, spore-producing fruiting bodies push above the ground.
Fruiting body (N + N)
Gills lined with basidia
Gills
Cap
Stalk
Base
Basidia (N +N)
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The Club Fungi
Diversity of Club Fungi
Basidiomycetes include shelf fungi, puffballs, earthstars, jelly fungi, and rusts.
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17. The Imperfect Fungi
The Imperfect Fungi
Imperfect fungi, or Deuteromycota, are fungi that cannot be placed in other phyla because researchers have never been able to observe a sexual phase in their life cycles.

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The Imperfect Fungi
A well-known genera of the imperfect fungi is Penicillium.
Penicillium notatum is a mold that is the source of the antibiotic penicillin.
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21-2
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21-2
Fungi grow best in an environment that is
cool.
moist.
dry.
salty.
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Yeasts are
ascomycetes.
zygomycetes.
basidiomycetes.
deuteromycetes.
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Penicillium is a(an)
ascomycete.
basidiomycete.
deuteromycete.
zygomycete.
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Sac fungi have a characteristic reproductive structure called a(an)
ascus.
basidium.
budding capsule.
sporophyte.
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The basidiospores of club fungi are produced on thin structures called
fruiting bodies.
buttons.
gills.
stalks.
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