phylums for fungi?

Answer 1

"Phylum Zygomycota

1. Characteristics: zygomycetes; lack cross walls; produce non-motile asexual spores that develop inside a sporangium (pl. sporangia) found on hyphae called sporangiophores; form sexual spores (zygospores) from the conjugation of two special hyphae.

2. Examples: bread molds and related forms, Rhizopus, Phycomyces



Phylum Ascomycota

1. Characteristics: ascomycetes ("sac fungi"); usually reproduce asexually by forming spores (conidia) at the tip or sides of special hyphae (conidiophores); reproduce sexually by forming ascospores (usually eight, sometimes four) within an ascus (pl. asci); asci may be formed into a fruiting structure called an ascocarp), form mutulalistic associations with the roots of most trees (mycorrhizae), fungal components of most lichens.

2. Examples: most yeasts (Saccharomyces) and molds, morels, truffles, powdery mildew, Dutch elm disease, ringworm (humans).

Phylum Basidiomycota

1. Characteristics: basidiomycetes ("club fungi"); reproduce asexually by budding, fragmentation of mycelium, or forming conidia; reproduce sexually by forming a club-like basidium (pl. basidia) which bears haploid spores (usually four) on its surface; have dikaryotic stage.

2. Examples: mushrooms, plant rusts and smuts, puffballs, toadstools, shelf and bracket fungi.



Phylum Deuteromycota

1. Characteristics: deuteromycetes ("imperfect fungi"); asexual reproduction by formation of conidia; do not have sexual reproduction (at least none that we know of).

2. Examples: Aspergillus, Penicillium (some produce the antibiotic penicillin, others give Camembert and blue cheeses their flavor), athlete’s foot fungus, Candida albicans (causes thrush in the mouths of infants);Microsporum. "

But I do have to say that the Phylum differ depending on the text you read. The fungi Phylum have been debated and changed recently.

Answer 2

Phylums Of Fungi

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phylums for fungi?

Answer 4

birdie's right on...those are the 4 primary phyla...not up on current taxonomy, but that's what we're teaching in the high schools these days