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Lecture 60

Lecture 60. Mr. Sover 5 February 2010. Check Study Guides. Ch. 15 Study Guide Questions. Let’s Have Some Fungal Fun!. Extra Credit (2 free quiz points) Bring in a food in a closed container and let’s see what types of fungi grow on them!. Slime Molds.

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Lecture 60

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  1. Lecture 60 Mr. Sover 5 February 2010

  2. Check Study Guides

  3. Ch. 15 Study Guide Questions

  4. Let’s Have Some Fungal Fun! • Extra Credit (2 free quiz points) • Bring in a food in a closed container and let’s see what types of fungi grow on them!

  5. Slime Molds • Begin life cycle as a slimy mass (plasmodium) • Decomposes • Food/moisture -> scarce…then it reproduces • Slime Mold • Characteristics of both fungi and protozoans • Evolution?

  6. Slime Mold Life Cyce

  7. Kingdom Fungi • Important role in decomposing dead organisms and wastes • Release nutrients • Plant and animal-like

  8. Structure of Fungi • Hyphae (thin filaments) • No, not hyphy … • (Hyphy) • Grow out to form mycelium Specialized hyphae which form spores

  9. Fungi are classified according to the way they produce spores during sexual reproduction

  10. Zygote Fungi • Two different fungi meet… • Specialized hyphae fuse • Zygospore • Rhizoids – “root” the fungus to its food source • Rhizopus

  11. Club Fungi • Mushrooms, shelf fungi, rusts, puffballs • Contain basidia - _____________ • Each basidium produces ____________

  12. Puffball!

  13. Sac Fungi • Yeasts, cup fungi, powdery mildews • Each organism posseses a saclike stucture known as an acsus • Meiosis – spores • Lack hyphae

  14. Lichens • Fungus + Green Organism (blue-green bacteria or green alga) • Autotrophic+Heterotrophic • Harsh Environments • Creation of soil / Reindeer

  15. BBC-Fungi

  16. Homework • Make sure chapter 16 has been completely read!

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