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1.3.1 Fungi

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Total cards: 9•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Give the issue of classification with fungi

Back (Answer)

traditionally placed with plants, but are now known to be closer to animals

#2
Front (Question)

how are fungi important for evolution

Back (Answer)

evolution of fungi led to plant life on land

#3
Front (Question)

what is special about the fungal protists

Back (Answer)

they are primitive organisms that are related to algal protists, with fungal characteristics

#4
Front (Question)

what three groups are in the fungal protists

Back (Answer)

water molds, plasmolidial and cellualr slime molds

#5
Front (Question)

what are the only similarities between true fungi and fungal protisits?

Back (Answer)

they have spores and act as parasites and decomposers

#6
Front (Question)

give three characteristics of water molds (5)

Back (Answer)

• cellulose in cell wall, not chitin • have centrioles • have a large oospore (zygote 2n) • grow by hyphae without cross walls • important disease organisms

#7
Front (Question)

what are 2 examples of a oomycete disease organism

Back (Answer)

irish potato famine blight Downey mldew in grapes

#8
Front (Question)

give 3 characteristics of plasmolidial slime molds

Back (Answer)

• found on rotting logs • they can mooove • no cell wall, reproduce by spores

#9
Front (Question)

give 3 characteristics of cellular slime molds

Back (Answer)

• cellulose cell wall • centrioles (= animals) • experimental apoptosis