Short / Long answer type questions.
With the help of neat diagrams describe the life history of a mushroom
With the help of neat diagrams describe the life history of a mushroom
Solution:Ascomycete: Mushrooms that produce their spores on the inside of long, sac-like structures called ‘asci’ (plural ‘ascus’). An ascus typically produces eight spores in each sac-like structure, the spores are called ascospores.
Basidiomycetes: Mushrooms that produce their spores on club-shaped structures called ‘basidium’, spores are produced on the outside at the end of small tips. Typically producing four on the end of each basidium, those spores are called basidiospores.
Hyphae: The threadlike fungal cell that together makes up the fungal body called mycelium.
Mushroom: The fruiting body of fungi. Just as a tree produces fruit that contains seeds for reproduction, the fungi’s ‘fruit’ is the mushroom and the mushrooms produce spores.
Mycelium: The vegetative part of the fungi, made up of a complex network of hyphae, often resembling a ‘root system’ for the mushroom where nutrient and chemical exchanges happen.
Predeterminate Mushroom: A mushroom forms with all it’s required parts (stem, cap, gills for example) in the earliest stages of life, meaning it is ‘pre-formed’ and if damaged while young, those defects will show up in the mature mushroom.
Primordium: The earliest recognizable stage of an organism as it develops, in this case, a mushroom.
Indeterminate Mushroom: A mushroom whose shape is not yet determined until mature. While maturing, this mushroom determines its ultimate shape based on its surroundings. An indeterminate mushroom may face an obstacle as it matures, like a twig, and it will grow around it, even engulfing it. If damaged, they recover without much, if any, disfigurement.
Ascomycete: Mushrooms that produce their spores on the inside of long, sac-like structures called ‘asci’ (plural ‘ascus’). An ascus typically produces eight spores in each sac-like structure, the spores are called ascospores.
Basidiomycetes: Mushrooms that produce their spores on club-shaped structures called ‘basidium’, spores are produced on the outside at the end of small tips. Typically producing four on the end of each basidium, those spores are called basidiospores.
Hyphae: The threadlike fungal cell that together makes up the fungal body called mycelium.
Mushroom: The fruiting body of fungi. Just as a tree produces fruit that contains seeds for reproduction, the fungi’s ‘fruit’ is the mushroom and the mushrooms produce spores.
Mycelium: The vegetative part of the fungi, made up of a complex network of hyphae, often resembling a ‘root system’ for the mushroom where nutrient and chemical exchanges happen.
Predeterminate Mushroom: A mushroom forms with all it’s required parts (stem, cap, gills for example) in the earliest stages of life, meaning it is ‘pre-formed’ and if damaged while young, those defects will show up in the mature mushroom.
Primordium: The earliest recognizable stage of an organism as it develops, in this case, a mushroom.
Indeterminate Mushroom: A mushroom whose shape is not yet determined until mature. While maturing, this mushroom determines its ultimate shape based on its surroundings. An indeterminate mushroom may face an obstacle as it matures, like a twig, and it will grow around it, even engulfing it. If damaged, they recover without much, if any, disfigurement.
