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Fungi
Small, microscopic, eukaryotic
Usually filamentous, branched
Spore-bearing
Lack chlorophyll
Cell wall
Chitin and glucan
No cellulose
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Fungi
Estimated between 70,000 and 1.5 million
species, most yet to be discovered
Some mushroom-producing fungi are the
largest living organisms of any kind
e.g., Armillaria ostoyae (honey mushroom)
produced mycelia 3.5 miles in diameter
Plays various roles:
Edible & medicinal mushrooms (e.g., Lingzhi)
Wood rotting & degradation
Source for antibiotics (e.g., Penicillium)
Pathogenic
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Phylum : ..mycota
Class : ..mycetes
Order : ..ales
Family : ..aceae
Name : binomial (2 words)
E.g.: Phytophthora palmivora Butl.
Genus name Spesies name
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Fungal-like Organisms:
Morphology
1. Kingdom: Protozoa
2. Kingdom: Chromista
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Fungal-like Organisms:
Morphology (cont)
1. Kingdom: Protozoa
Unicellular, amoeboid, multi-nucleate, no
definite cell wall
Body: plasmodium
Resting spore = zoospore, 2 flagella
E.g., slime molds
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Fungal-like Organisms:
Morphology (cont)
Fungal-like Organisms:
Morphology (cont)
2. Kingdom Chromista
Uni- or multi-cellular, filamentous or
colonial, mycelium containing cellulose
and glucans but no cross walls
Produce asexual & sexual spores
E.g., Pythium, Phytophthora
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True Fungi
Zoospores in sporangia
(Source: JPT)
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Specialized Structures
Modified hyphae: Resting structures:
Rhizoid Chlamydospore
Rhizomorph intercalary & terminal
Hypopodia Sclerotium
Appressorium Aggregation of hyphae
A=Appressorium, PP=Penetration
Appressorium Haustorium
Peg, IM= Intracellular Mycelium
Sources: Rao (1975), Agrios (2005), McGonigle (2005), JPT
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Intercalary
Sclerotia
Clamydospores
Quiz
Q1 : Define plant pathology
Q2 : Types of disease
Q3 : Name the first fungicide
Q4 : 3 categories of disease symptom
Q5 : how many steps are there in
Kochs postulates?
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Quiz
Q1 : Name the categories of plant
pathogenic fungi
Q2 : Name 7 levels in fungi classification
Q3 : Name two types of fungal spores
Q4 : how many steps are there in fungal
sexual reproduction
Q5 : Name two specialized structures of
fungi
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