Group 2 - Unit 7 In-Lab Template In Person labs.pdf -...

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Unit 7 - Lab Section #:
In-Lab Group Work
Table 7.1. Comparisons Among Fungi and Related Groups . All group member should help fill out this table, review for accuracy,
and help each other if there are unknowns. Supporting Information can be found in the Lab Manual, the lab website and in the lab
room demonstration tables.
Characters Basidiomycota (Club
Fungi)
Ascomycota (Sac
Fungi)
Zygomycetes Lichens Slime Molds
Common
examples
mushrooms yeast black bread mold oak moss myxogastria
No. of species ~30,000 ~32,000 ~900 ~20,000 ~600
Size (macro- or
microscopic)
macro either micro macro either
Hyphae:
septate or
non-septate*
septate septate non-septate septate non-septate
Environment* Marine, freshwater,
terrestrial
Marine, freshwater,
terrestrial
Aquatic and
terrestrial
Terrestrial, on plants,
stone, and the
ground
Terrestrial,
decaying wood
How nutrients
are obtained*
heterotrophic heterotrophic heterotrophic autotrophic heterotrophic
Associations* Mycorrhizae on the
roots of plants.