Sunday, December 25, 2011

A biologist is trying to classify a new organism on the basis of the following characteristics:?

fungus-like in appereance, reproduces by conidia, has no apparent sexual phase and parasitizes woody plants. If asked for advise, to which group would you assign this new species?

a) Ascomycota.
b) Deuteromycota.
c) Glomeromycota.
d) Zygomycota.
e) Basidomycota


Saturday, December 24, 2011

structures and spores involved in asexual and sexual reproduction in fungal groups?

I need that for all 5 groups :

Deuteromycota
Zygomycota
Ascomycota
Basidiomycota
Chytridiomycota

Just the names


Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Almost all of the members of this phylum form arbuscular mycorrhizae in a mutualistic partnership with plants.?

Almost all of the members of this phylum form arbuscular mycorrhizae in a mutualistic partnership with plants.

a. Glomeromycota
b. Chytridiomycota
c. Ascomycota
d. Zygomycota
e. Basidiomycota


Wednesday, November 23, 2011

What feature of chytrid fungi gives it its name?

Basiciomycota are named after the basidiocarps they produce
ascomycota are named after the asci they produce
zygosporangia are named after the zygospores they produce


Monday, October 24, 2011

Enter the letter of the item in Column 2 that best matches the item in Column 1.?

Enter the letter of the item in Column 2 that best matches the item in Column 1.

A. Can infect frogs, toads, and salamanders Basidiomycota, the club fungi
B. The mushrooms you might eat on a pizza Chytridiomycota, the chytrids
C. Causes fuzzy mold on old fruits, breads, and cheeses. Ascomycota, the sac fungi
D. Form brightly colored cups on the forest floor. Zygomycota, the zygote fungi


I need 15 species for ascomycota?


Thursday, September 29, 2011

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

In the Ascomycota...?

In the Ascomycota
a) sexual reproduction occurs by conjugation
b) spores often line up in a sac in the order in which they were formed by meiosis
c) sexual spores form in sporangia on erect hyphae
d) most hyphae are dikaryotic
e) reproduction is always asexual


Thursday, September 8, 2011

Phylum Ascomycota question?

Can a mold from the phylum Ascomycota (kingdom Fungi) smell, hear, or see anything?


Monday, August 29, 2011

What phylum of fungi is found on the surface of an orange stored for a long time?

When you store an orange for too long, the fruit sometimes develop soft rot with a white “fuzz” on the surface. This “fuzz” is really the reproductive structures from the a) Deuteromycota b) Basidiomycota c) Zygomycota d) OOmycota e) Ascomycota, which letter is the correct answer?


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

what is the Phylum Ascomycota?

can you please differentiate the life cycle between these orders:
Saccharomycetales, Eurotales, Erysiphales, Chaetomiales, and Peziza?


Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

a package of spores from the phylum ascomycota?

i need this for a bio scavenger hunt? im not sure what it is? i think its seeds? what kind?? help
(btw its not mushrooms even tho its from the same phylum)


Friday, July 22, 2011

Classification of Life


Chapter 16-19 podcast on the classification of life. A quick survey of the three domains of life. Spanish translation – by Jaime Ochoa Images from ‘Biology: Concepts and Connections’ (6th Ed.) by Campbell, Reece, Taylor, Simon, Dickey; Pearson Education