Mycology Slides

Edited byShallaw K.Ibrahim

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Figure 3: Two myxamoebae (1N): This stage is usually the assimilative stage that ingest food by phagocytosis, but during sexual reproduction myxoamoebae will also function as gametes. 

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Figure 4: Several swarm cells (1N): When free water is available, myxamoebae can become flagellated and swim through the water.

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Figure 7: Plasmodium (2N) of Physarum polycephalum. A species with a bright yellow plasmodium.

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Figure 8: A single Physarum polycephalum sporangium. Note the numerous lobes in this species.

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Order: Chytridiales

Examples:Blyttiomyces sp.Chytridium sp.Synchytrium endobioticum.Olpidium brassicae.Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

Blyttiomyces sp. Chytridium sp.

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Chytridium sp.

Synchytrium endobioticum

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Olpidium brassicae

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Order: BlastocladialesExamples:Allomyces sp.Rhizoclosmatium sp.

Allomyces sp.

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Resting spores of Allomyces arbusculus

Rhizoclosmatium sp.

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Order: Spizellomycetales.Characteristics:1- mainly isolated from soil. 2- some are parasites of other fungi and algae.

Examples: -Piromyces sp. - Spizellomyces punctatus

Piromyces sp.

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Order: Neocallimastigales - advanced groupobligate anaerobes in rumen & hindgut of herbivores,zoospores uni - to poly flagellated

Neocallimastix sp.

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Zoosporangia of Saprolegnia sp.

Zoosporangium of Saprolengia

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Oogonia and Eggs of Achyla sp.

Perithecium

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Ascostroma

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Candida albicans

Spizellomyces punctatus

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Taphrina deformans 

Aspergillus fumigatus

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Penicillium sp.

Massarina sp.

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Absidia sp.

Circinella sp.

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Mucor sp.

Rhizopus sp.

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Cladosporium sp.

Alternaria sp.

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Nigrospora sp. Phoma sp.

Umbelopsis sp.