Discussion:
FUNGI
1. Do the hyphae of zygomycetes contain cross walls (sept)?
2. How would you describe the hyphae of Zygomycetes?
3. Describe the hyphae of pezira
4. Are ascospores the result of asexual or sexual reproduction?
5. Describe the hyphae of basidiomycetes
6. Are basidiospores the result of asexual or sexual reproduction
7. In general terms, compare asci and basidia with respect to the roles of meiosis and mitosis in their development
8. Why are these fungi referred to as imperfect fungi?
9. Penicillium roqueforti (the blue mold that favors Roquefort and blue cheese) is an ascospore producing fungus. In what division would you place P. roqueforti ?
10. If both organisms are presumed to benefit, what type of symbiotic relationship exists in lichens between the fungus and the alga (or the cyanobacterium)?
11. How would your answer to question #1 be affected if you consider that the algae of some lichens can live alone, whereas the fungi of those lichens can not survive alone?
12. Why may the term controlled parasitism be a better description of therelationship between the fungus and alga (or cyanobacterium)?
13. Identify a.f as one of the following groups of fungi: Aygomycota, Basidiomycota, Ascomycota, or Deuteromycota.
a. reproduce sexually by asci
b. eukaryotic cells
c. zygospores
d. reproduce asexually by conidia
e. hyphae lack cross walls
f. four basidiospores per basidium