Fungi

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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saprophytes

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fungi that make their living my digesting dead plant material

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how to fungi speed up the carbon cycle?

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they break down dead trees in terrestrial environments

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what are the two growth types of fungi?

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• ) single-celled forms called yeasts 2. multicellular, filaments structures called mycelia

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yeast

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single-celled fungi

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mycelia

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multicellular fungi

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filaments with in a mycelium

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hyphae

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what divides hypae

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septa

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how do things travel through hyphae?

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pores in septa allow things to flow from one compartment to the next

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what are coenocytic hyphae?

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they are not divided into cells and thus lack a septa

#10

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because fungi have the highest surface area to volume ratio…

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they have the best absorption

#11

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what’s one down side of fungi’s high surface area to volume ratio?

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they dry out faster so they can only grow in moist areas.

#12

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4 ways in which fungi reproduce

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1 dimming gametes and spores 2 zygosporangia 3 basidia 4 asci

#13

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zygosporangia

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spore producing structures formed when hyphae are yoked

#14

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are fungi more closely related to animals or land plants?

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animals!

#15

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microsporangia

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single celled eukaryotes

#16

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what are the major lineages of fungi?

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microsporangia chytrids zygomycetes glomeromycota basidiomycota ascomycota

#17

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what type of relationship do most fungi and plants have?

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symbiotic relationship

#18

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— form a dense network around the roots of plants. Their hyphae penetrate the intercellular spaces of the root but do not enter the root cells

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ectomycorrhizal fungi

#19

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fungi whose hyphae actually penetrate root cells

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arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

#20

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mycorrhizal

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fungi that live in close association with plant roots

#21

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what do fungi give plants in their symbiotic relationship?

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nitrogen and phosphorus

#22

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how does glomalin help soil?

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enriches the organic matter in soul and helps bind organic compounds to sand or clay particles

#23

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commensal

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if one species benefits but the other one is unaffected

#24

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large molecules such as starch, lignin, cellulose, protein, and RNA cannot diffuse across plasma membranes… what does this have to do with fungi decomposition?

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fungi preform EXTRACELLULAR DIGESTION to break them down into simple compounds that can be absorbed by the hyphae