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Phylum Chytridiomycota - example
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Chytrids
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Phylum Chytridiomycota - reproduction
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Zoospore
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Phylum Chytridiomycota - black wart disease
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In potatoes
parasitic chytrids on algae or other plants |
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Phylum Chytridiomycota - importance
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Important in decomposition of many "tough" materials - pollen, chitin, keratin, etc.
help herbivores digest plant fibers |
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Phylum Glomeromycota - example
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Mycorrhizae
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Phylum Glomeromycota - mycorrhizae
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Formed on tree roots by endomycorrrhizaegrow around and inside the roots of most plants
critical in helping plants invade the land could grow quickly through large volume of soil, locating scarce nutrients for early plants |
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Phylum glomeromycota - ecological importance
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Consists mostly of the fungi that form mycorrhizae on tree roots
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Phylum glomeromycota - reproduction
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Asexual only
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Phylum Zygomycota - example
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Bread molds
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Phylum Zygomycota - modified hyphae
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Stolonrhizoidsporangiophoresporangium
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Phylum Zygomycota - stolon
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Runner-like, spreads the mold
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Phylum Zygomycota - rhizoid
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Root-like, anchors the mold
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Phylum Zygomycota - sporangiophore
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Stalk holds sporangium
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Phylum Zygomycota - sporangium
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Germinate from zygospores
tiny round ball full of spores |
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Phylum Zygomycota - reproduction
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Zygospore
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