Fungus Lab Review

Fungus Lab Review

Slide 1 - Kingdom Protista Division Oomycota, Saprolegnia, Sexual	Saprolegnia is not a true fungus thus it is placed into the Kingdom Protista along with a number of other organisms of unclear relationships. This micrograph shows sexual reproduction with oogonia and antheridial cells. The Oomycota are watermolds and produce swimming spores.
Slide 2 - Kingdom Protista Division Oomycota, Saprolegnia, Asexual	This micrograph of Saprolegnia shows asexual reproduction with zoosporangia where swimming zoospores are produced.
Slide 3 - Kingdom Fungi Division Zygomycota, Rhizopus, Asexual	A micrograph of Rhizopus showing the characteristic mode of asexual reproduction for the Zygomycota.
Slide 4 - Kingdom Fungi Division Zygomycota, Rhizopus, Sexual	A micrograph of Rhizopus showing the characteristic mode of sexual reproduction for the Zygomycota. Note the zygosporangium which is the product of sexual reproduction in the Zygomycota.
Slide 5 - Kingdom Fungi Division Ascomycota, Peziza, Asexual	A micrograph of Peziza showing the characteristic mode of sexual reproduction for the Ascomycota. Note the column-like asci which contain the sexual ascospores.
Slide 6 - Kingdom Fungi Division Basidiomycota, Mushroom	The mushroom is a multicellular sexual organ produced by the underground mycelium of the fungus. Such a fleshy sexual organ is a basidiocarp and produces the sexual spores, basidiospores, characteristic of the Basidiomycota.
Slide 7 - Kingdom Fungi Division Basidiomycota, Mushroom Gills	Mushroom showing gills, the sheets of tissue from which basidiospores are produced.
Slide 8 - Kingdom Fungi Division Basidiomycota, Coprinus	A cross section of the mushroom showing basidiospores scattered along the surface of the gills. 100X
Slide 9 - Kingdom Fungi Division Basidiomycota, Coprinus	A cross section of the mushroom showing basidia, club-like cells that produce the basidiospores. 400X and 1,000X
Slide 10 - Kingdom Fungi Division Deuteromycota, Aspergillus	A micrograph showing conidiospores, a type of asexual spore. In this species many strands of conidia bud from the expanded tip of a hypha producing a puff ball of conidia.
Slide 11 - Kingdom Fungi Division Deuteromycota, Penicillium	A micrograph showing conidiospores in Penicillium. Here a few strands of conidia bud from the tip of the hypha.
Slide 12 Crustose Lichen	Lichens are mutualistic symbiotic associations between and alga and a fungus. Lichens are characterized by the shape and texture of the surface. This specimen has a crust-like surface.
Slide 13 Foliose Lichen	This lichen is leafy in appearance, thus the name foliose.
Slide 14 Fruticose Lichen	Fruticose lichens have a branched, shrub-like appearance.