14.5 \"Imperfect Fungi\" 8. Explain the name \"imperfect fungi\" Food for Though

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Question

14.5 "Imperfect Fungi" 8. Explain the name "imperfect fungi" Food for Thought 9. Give the correct singular or plural form of the following words in the blanks provided. Singular Plural a. hypha b. c. zygospore mycelia asci e. basidium conidia 10. Lichens are frequently the first colonizers of hostile growing sites, including sunbaked or frozen rock recently hardened lava, and even gravestones. How can lichens survive in habitats so seemingly devoid of nutrients and under such harsh physical conditions?

Explanation / Answer

8. The fungi which is not showing the sexual reproduction in its life cycle or the fungi which sexual reproduction is not discovered yet, those are reffered as imperfect fungi. Those all imperfect fungi is classified under Deuteromycota.

Singular

Plural

Hypha

hyphae

mycelium

mycelia

zygospore

zygospores

ascus

asci

basidium

basidia

Conidium

conidia

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