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LAB 3 Review
Fungi/Plantae
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
03/12/2009

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Term
What clade is Fungi placed in?
Definition
Opisthokonts
Term
What is the mycelium?
Definition
feeding structure of a fungus
Term
What divisions are in Kingdom: Fungi?
Definition
Chytridomycota, zygomycota, Glomeromycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Deuteromycota and some symbitotic relationships such as Lichens
Term
What are chytrids?
Definition
Thought to be the most primitive type of fungi amd a link between protists and fungi.
Term
What do Chytrids have in common with "protists"?
Definition
uniflagellated cells
Term
What do Chytrids have in common with fungi?
Definition
cell wall made of chitin and absorbative eating mode.
Term
What type of hyphae do Chytrids have?
Definition
If multicellular, they have coenocytic hyphae
Term
What type of fungi is placed in the Division Zygomycota?
Definition
Coenocytic fungi
Term
What organism is also called black bread mold?
Definition
Rhizopus Nigricans
Term
What are sporangiophores on Rhizopus nigricans?
Definition
Special hyphae bearing the sporangia.
Term
What are stolons?
Definition
hyphae that travels horizontally
Term
What are rhizoids?
Definition
structures that travel downward
Term
Are the hyphae on Rhizopus haploid or diploid>
Definition
haploid
Term
What is the name of the process for genetic recombination in Rhizopus?
Definition
conjugation
Term
How does conjugation occur in Rhizopus?
Definition
when the two strains grow close together
Term
What is the term used for fusion of the cytoplasm in Rhizopus reproduction?
Definition
plasmogamy
Term
What is the term used when a cell has two nuclei?
Definition
dikaryotic
Term
What is the term used when two nuclei fuse together?
Definition
karyogamy
Term
Glomeromycota are also known as what?
Definition
Arbuscular mycorrhizae
Term
What are arbuscules?
Definition
tiny tree-like structures that branch when tips of the hyphae enter plant roots
Term
What characteristics place organisms in the Division: Glomeromycota?
Definition
coencytic hyphae and mutualistic relationship with plant roots.
Term
What percentage of plant species has a relationship with Glomeromycota?
Definition
90%
Term
What type of fungi is in the Division Ascomycota?
Definition
Sac fungi
Term
How do they obtain their nutrition
Definition
They are saprobes are mutualistic
Term
What Division does the organism Peziza belong?
Definition
Ascomycota - Sac fungi
Term
What the characteristics of Sac fungi?
Definition
septate hyphae and asci
Term
What type of hyphae makes up to the ascocarp?
Definition
dikaryotic septate hyphae
Term
What type of fungi is in the Division Basidiomycota?
Definition
Club fungi
Term
What organisms are included in the Division Basidiomycota?
Definition
mushrooms, toadstools, shelf fungi and puffballs, smuts and rust
Term
What are the characteristics of Basidiomycota?
Definition
septate hyphae and basidia
Term
What type of hyphae makes up a basidiocarp
Definition
dikaryotic septate hyphae
Term
What division does the organism Coprinus belong?
Definition
Basidiomycota
Term
What does the basidia do in Coprinus?
Definition
holds onto basidiospores
Term
What type of fungi is in the Division Deuteromycota?
Definition
Imperfect fungi
Term
What division does the organism Penicillum notatum belong?
Definition
Deuteromycota - Imperfect fungi
Term
What division does the organism Aspergillus niger belong
Definition
Deuteromycota - imperfect fungi
Term
Why is fungi in the division Deuteromycota considered imperfect?
Definition
Dont have a sexual stage
Term
What does Penicillum notatum look like in the living culture?
Definition
light green in color, looks like snow in the microscope
Term
What color did the organism Aspergillus niger look like?
Definition
Very dark brown also had crystals growing on it.
Term
What are conidiophores?
Definition
They are spore bearing and house conidia
Term
Where are conidiophores found?
Definition
They are part of the asexual reproduction of Deuteromycota - imperfect fungi
Term
What do spores of Penicillum niger appear as?
Definition
blue-green and look like a kitchen fork or skeleton hand
Term
What do spores of the organism Aspergillus niger look like?
Definition
appear black and resembles and afro hairstyle
Term
What is Aspergillus niger used for?
Definition
to flavor foods
Term
What are lichens?
Definition
Organisms that are a symbiotic relationship between algae and fungi
Term
What does each organism in a lichen bring to the relationship?
Definition
fungi supplies moisture and shelters algae from high light intensity and the algae furnishes food for the fungus
Term
What type of fungi usually make up lichens?
Definition
ascomycota and sometimes basidiomycota
Term
What make up the algae components of Lichens?
Definition
usually single-celled forms of green algae or cyanobacteria
Term
What kind of cells make up Kingdom: Plantae?
Definition
eukaryotic and multicellular with distinct cell walls.
Term
Where do photosynthetic pigments occur in organisms falling under Kingdom Plantae?
Definition
in the organelles called plastids
Term
Which generation becomes increasingly dominant as plants evolve?
Definition
the sporophyte generation
Term
What clade is the Kingdom Plantae belong?
Definition
archaeplastida - with chlorophyta
Term
How do organisms in the Kingdom Plantae reproduce?
Definition
sexually with an alternation of generations of haploid and diploid generations
Term
what do nonvascular plants lack?
Definition
Conductive tissue.
Term
What kingdom does the division bryophyta belong?
Definition
Plantae
Term
What are Bryophyta?
Definition
Mosses
Term
What division does Polytrichium belong?
Definition
bryophyta
Term
Is the organism Polytrichium a gametophyte or a sporophyte?
Definition
gametophyte
Term
What is the germinating structure of Bryophyta called?
Definition
protonema
Term
What is a piece of evidence that mosses may have evolved from some form of green algae?
Definition
the germinating structure called the protonema
Term
What is the difference between a male and female gametophyte in mosses?
Definition
The male has a flower like cluster of leaves at the tip of the gametophyte and the female can be identified by not having a flower
Term
Where is the Antheridium and Archegonium located on a gametophyte?
Definition
the tip
Term
What structures make of the Antheridium?
Definition
the atheridial disc, the paraphyses, sperm and sterile jacket cells
Term
What structures make up the Archegonia of a Bryophyta?
Definition
the venter, egg, paraphyses, and neck and archegonia
Term
What makes up the sporophyte generation of a moss?
Definition
the seta and capsule also the calyptra
Term
What is a calyptra?
Definition
gametophyte generation part created when the sporophyte grows out of top of female gametophyte.
Term
What does a Sporophyte capsule contain?
Definition
spores held inside operculum
Term
What type of plant makes up the Division Hepatophyta
Definition
Liverworts
Term
What Division does the organism Marchantia belong?
Definition
Hepatophyte - liverwort
Term
Is the "Plant" in the division hepatophyte a sporophyte or gametophyte
Definition
gametophytes
Term
What division does the organism Ricciocarpus belong?
Definition
Hepatophyta
Term
What is the function of the upper section of a the thallus in the organism Marchantia?
Definition
photosynthesis with Chlorophyll bearing cells
Term
What is the function of the lower section of the thallus in the organism Marchantia?
Definition
Term
What is the difference between a Rhizoid and a Scale in the organism Marchantia?
Definition
Rhizoids is single celled and scales are multicellular
Term
What is the function of the air-chambers surrounding the cholorphyll bearing cells in the organism Marchantia?
Definition
gas-exchange
Term
What is the function of the Rhizoids in the organism Marchantia?
Definition
attachment
Term
What are the function of the scales in the organism Marchantia?
Definition
water absorption
Term
What does the antheridial receptacle of a liverwort produce?
Definition
sperm
Term
What does the archegonial receptacle of a liverwort produce?
Definition
eggs
Term
What is the function of the elaters in a Marchantia embryo?
Definition
dispersal
Term
How does the Marchantia elaters work?
Definition
Change with a change in humidity and fling spores away from parent plant.
Term
Is the sporophyte of the liverwort plant haploid or diploid?
Definition
diploid
Term
The sporophyte is connected to the gametophyte in Hepatophytes. What sex is the gametophyte
Definition
Male
Term
How does asexual reproduction take place in liverworts?
Definition
with gemmae cups and gemmae inside
Term
How are gemmae dispersed in asexual reproduction of liverworts?
Definition
When it rains, the water splashes the gemmae out of the cup.
Term
Vascular plants consist of true conducting tissue consisting of?
Definition
xylem and phloem
Term
What division does the organism lycopodium belong?
Definition
Lycophyta
Term
What vascular characteristics do plants in the division Lycophyta demonstrate?
Definition
Term
Is the organism Lycopodium part of the gametophyte of sporophyte generation?
Definition
sporophyte
Term
What is the term for small leaves with one vein?
Definition
microphylls
Term
What is the term for specialized leaves with one vein?
Definition
sporophylls
Term
What vascular characteristics do the plants in the division Pterophyta (psilophyta) demonstrate?
Definition
Term
Is the plant, Psilotum part of the sporophyte or gametophyte generation?
Definition
sporophyte
Term
What vascular characteristics do (Psilophyta) demonstrate?
Definition
lack true leaves or true roots
Term
What group do Whisk ferns belong?
Definition
Psilophyta part of the Division Pterophyta
Term
What Division do Sphenophytae belong?
Definition
Pterophyte
Term
What is the common name for Sphenophyta?
Definition
Horse tails
Term
What Division and group does the organism Equisetum belong?
Definition
Division: Pterophyta and Group: Sphenophyta
Term
What vascular characteristics do the plants in the Division Pterphyta demonstrate?
Definition
True stems roots and leaves
Term
Is the plant Equisetum part of the sporophyte or gametophyte generation.
Definition
Sporophyte
Term
What is the term used for small leaves with one vein>
Definition
microphylls
Term
Do microphylls of the organism Equisetum contain chlorophyll at maturity?
Definition
No, because they die at maturity
Term
What substance is found in the rough ribbed stem of the organism Equisetum?
Definition
silica
Term
What is the name of the small cones produced at the tip of specialized stems?
Definition
strobili
Term
What division does the group Ferns belong?
Definition
Pterophyta
Term
What division and group does the organism Polypodium belong?
Definition
Divisions Pterophyta and Group Ferns
Term
What division and group does the organism Salvinia belong?
Definition
Division Pterophyta and Group Ferns
Term
Are plants in the Ferns group part of the sporophyta or gametophyte generations?
Definition
sporophyte
Term
What is the term used for large leaves with more than one vein?
Definition
Megaphylls
Term
WHat is the common name of a fern leaf?
Definition
Frond
Term
What is the name of a rolled up leaf?
Definition
fiddleheards
Term
What is the name for the type of coiling in ferns?
Definition
circinate vernation
Term
What are the clusters of sporangium located on the back of a fern frond called?
Definition
sori
Term
What is an indusium?
Definition
It is the protective covering located on a sori
Term
What is the name of the heavy walled brownish cells on a sporangium>
Definition
annulus
Term
What are the cells at the end of the annulus on a sporangium>
Definition
lip cells
Term
What is the term used for condition in which a plant developes into a gametophyte with both sex organs (antheridium and archeogonium).
Definition
Monoecious
Term
Fern spores disseminate in the wind and germinate after being transported to suitably moist habitats. What do they give rise to?
Definition
Prothallus
Term
What is the gametophyte generation of a fern?
Definition
a heart shaped prothallus
Term
Where are the antheridia interspersed on a prothallus?
Definition
among the Rhizoids
Term
Where is the archegonia dispersed on a prothallus of a fern?
Definition
at the apical notch
Term
What do atheridia produce?
Definition
sperm
Term
What do archegonia produce?
Definition
eggs
Term
What is the function of the Rhizoids in the gametophyte generation of a fern?
Definition
absorption and anchorage
Term
What eventually grows out of the archegonia of the gametophyte generation of a fern?
Definition
sporophyte
Term
What happens to the gametophyte prothallus after the sporophyte begins to grow?
Definition
Prothallus will eventually die off
Term
What is the structure of the gametophyte prothallus after the sporophyte begins to grow?
Definition
A leaf, foot, roots and prothallus
Term
What does the foot do in the gametophyte prothallus?
Definition
It attaches the sporophyte to the prothallus
Term
How do imperfect fungi reproduce?
Definition
asexually by means of conidia
Term
What is the common name for Deutermycota
Definition
Imperfect fungi
Term
The sporophyte generation of a liverwort is attached to a female gametophyte by
Definition
a foot and a small stalk called a seta
Term
the sporophyte generation of the liverwort is haploid or diploid
Definition
diploid
Term
What contains sperm mother cells that produce sperm?
Definition
the antheridium of a male liverwort
Term
What does the archegonium of a female liverwort contain?
Definition
a swollen area (venter) which holds an egg.
Term
What is the result of sexual reproduction in the division ascomycota?
Definition
a fruiting structure called an ascocarp
Term
The tips of the hyphae on Ascomycota produce elongated sacs called...
Definition
asci
Term
Where does karyogamy occur in the division Ascomycota and what does it produce?
Definition
within the asci and a diploid cell
Term
What happens to the diploid nucleus in sexual reproduction of Ascomycota?
Definition
it goes through meiosis to create 4 haploid nuclei
Term
What happens to the 4 haploid nuclei in sexual reproduction of Ascomycota?
Definition
They grow through mitosis and create 8 haploid nuclei called ascospores
Term
What is the hymenial layer?
Definition
All the asci together on the tips of the hyphae of an ascocarp
Term
What is the result of the fusion of haploid hyphae?
Definition
a fruiting structure called a Basidiocarp
Term
What makes up the basidiocarp?
Definition
The fusion of the haploid hyphae makes dikaryotic hyphae
Term
What do the tips of hyphae in a basidiocarp produce?
Definition
club shaped basidia
Term
What happens within basidia?
Definition
karyogamy occurs which produces a diploid nucleus
Term
Where does karyogamy occur in Basidiomycota?
Definition
in the Basidia of a basidiocarp
Term
What happens to the diploid nucleus in a basidiocarp?
Definition
It goes through meiosis to produce 4 haploid nuclei
Term
What happens to the four haploid nuclei in a basidiocarp?
Definition
they move into appendages at the end of the hyphae called basidiospores
Term
What kingdom is the Division Hepaticophyta
Definition
Plantae
Term
What division does the organism Marchantia belong
Definition
Hepaticophyta
Term
Members of the division Hepaticophyta have what characteristics
Definition
small, gametophytes
Term
What two different types of Hepaticophyta are usually found?
Definition
Thallose and leafy
Term
What is thallose?
Definition
Flattened dorsoventrally
Term
WHat is the lower surface of the thallus of a liverwort?
Definition
divided into larger storage cells.
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