24.3 Diversity of Life: Fungi p. 189

  1. The phyla of Fungi

    • Phylum Zygomycota: Rhizopus "bread mold"
      • asexual sporangia
      • conjugation: zygosporangia

    • Phylum Glomeromycota endomycorrhizae "arbuscular mycorrhizae"

    • Phylum Ascomycota "sac fungi"
      • Aspergillus "common mold": conidia
      • Penicillium asexual conidia
      • Saccharomyces cerevisiae "baker's yeast" (also brewer's yeast") budding
      • Morel

    • Phylum Basidiomycota "club fungi"
      • Coprinus "inky cap" with gills and pileus (cap).

  2. Symbiotic fungal relationships

    • Lichen specimens

    • Ectomycorrhizae: mantle
Index Lab notes made Jul 20, 2010 by Peter Chen