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Homothallic able to be self-fertile, ie fusion between gametes/hyphae of same parent
Heterothallic-gametes/hyphae only fuse if parents are of different mating type. |
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| Fungi have nuclei of different types-greater metabolic flexibility, can grow on minimal media |
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| The fusion of two hyphae at their tips |
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| Stores and transports substances |
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| When a fungus can be either unicellular or mycelial. Triggered by environmental changes |
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| Disease of the leaves eg Botrytis in grapes |
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| Self digestion of the cell through the actions of its own enzymes |
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Multilayered wall often with lipids and dark pigments (melanin) to protect against UV and other organisms.
Little internal Differentiation
Low metabolic rate
Large food stores
Buried in substrate
Delayed maturation |
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To move away from:
Parents and sibling competition
Exhausted food substrates |
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| How does Pilobolus spp. release spores |
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| Has a light sensitive sporangial base so the sporangiophore points into air at an angle. Tugor builds up in the subsporangial vesicle and the sporangium is fired above the ring of repugnent |
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| Wind dispersal eg Powdery mildew |
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Most common, high mortality rate
Spore characteristics: liberation,
Flight depends on size, weight, shape, and appendages.
Settling out depends on weight and shape (gravity).
Impaction affected by rate of settling, substrate stickiness, surface ornamentation of spores. |
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