Kingdom Fungi

yeast

aseptate

Nutrition

a. saprobe

b. eat the living

parasite

predator

c. mutualist

Nutrition

a. saprobe

b. eat the living

parasite

predator

c. mutualist

Spores

Life Cycle

Haploid dominantFig. 10-19b

Haploid dominant with dikaryotic stage

P: Chytridiomycota = chytridiomycetes = chytrids

unikont

Rhizophidium

Haploid dominant life cycle

2N

1N

asexual

sexual

1N

Allomyces

Alternation of generation

“thallus”

gametangium

Rhizopus

Black bread mold

Pilobolus

Microsporidia speciesEnterocytozoon bieneusi*Encephalitozoon intestinalis (syn. Septata intestinalis)

Encephalitozoon hellem and Encephalitozoon cuniculiVittaforma corneae (syn. Nosema corneum), Nosema spp. (N. connori and N. ocularum)Trachipleistophora hominis and Pleistophora sp.Microsporidium (M. ceylonensis and M. africanum)

Clinical manifestationDiarrhea, acalculous cholecystitisInfection of the GI tract causing diarrhea, and dissemination to ocular, genitourinary and respiratory tractsKeratoconjunctivitis, infection of respiratory and genitourinary tract, disseminated infection

Ocular & GI infections Muscular infectionInfection of the cornea

polar tube

Arbuscular mycorrhizae

Saccharomyces

budding yeast

2N

1N + 1N

Peziza

pseudohypha

fission

Conidia/conidiospores on conidiphores

Neurospora

= orange bread mold

Claviceps = ergot

ergotamine, lysergic acid

Morchella = morel

Tuber = truffle

1N + 1N

basidium

fairy ring

“Humongous fungus”

2385 acres 12,500 ft wide

Agaricus bisporusAmanita

Jack-o-lantern

Conocybe & Psilocybe

Mushrooms

boletes

puffballs

coral fungus

earth stars

ear & jelly fungusbrackets

Ustilago maydis =

huitlacoche/cuitlacoche =

corn smut

Phallales = stinkhorns

P: Deuteromycetes = “imperfect” fungi

a “form” group that’s now disappearing

Aspergillus PenicilliumFusarium

Coccidioides

Dermatophytes (superficial)

Candida

Mycorrhizae

Leaf-cutter ants (fungi farmers)

Lichens -> an association