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|q1=What is mycology?

|a1=The study of fungi

|l1=Fungi

|q2=What is the function of the cell membrane?

|a2=

*First line of defence preventing toxic materials entering the cell

*Important in the degredation of extra-cellular nutrients

|l2=Fungal Structure

==<font color="purple">Fungi</font>==

|q3=Which substances are stored in the cytoplasm in granules?

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|a3=

*Fats

*Glycogen

*Protein

|l3=Fungal Structure

|<big>'''What is mycology?'''

|q4=What are the main characteristics of filamentous fungi?

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|a4=

*'''''The study of fungi'''''

*Branching hyphae

||[[Fungi - Wikiblood|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]

*Hyphae grow to form a mycelium

*Aerial hyphae produce conidiospores and sporangiospores

|<big>'''What is the function of the cell membrane?'''

*Conidia are also produced which are asexual spores

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|l4=Types of Fungi

*'''''First line of defence preventing toxic materials entering the cell'''''

|q5=What are the main characteristics of dimorphic fungi?

*'''''Important in the degredation of extra-cellular nutrients'''''

|a5=

||[[Fungi - Wikiblood#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]

*Develop into a mycelium or another form depending on environmental conditions

*Yeast-like parasitic phase

|<big>'''Which substances are stored in the cytoplasm in granules?'''

*Mycelial saphrophytic phase

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*Show phenotypic duality

*'''''Fats'''''

|l5=Types of Fungi

*'''''Glycogen'''''

|q6=How would you recognise yeast cells?

*'''''Protein'''''

|a6=

||[[Fungi - Wikiblood#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]

*Oval or round in shape

*a6=3µm to 5µm in diameter

|<big>'''What are the main characteristics of filamentous fungi?'''

Reproduce by budding

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*Yeasts can assimilate sugar and nitrogen and ferment various sugar compounds

*'''''Branching hyphae'''''

*Can produce pseudohyphae

*'''''Hyphae grow to form a mycelium'''''

|l6=Types of Fungi

*'''''Aerial hyphae produce conidiospores and sporangiospores'''''

|q7=What are the three types of fungal spore produced?

*'''''Conidia are also produced which are asexual spores'''''

|a7=

||[[Fungi - Wikiblood#Types of Fungi|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]

*Sexual

*Asexual

|<big>'''What are the main characteristics of dimorphic fungi?'''

*Vegetative

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|l7=Fungal Reproduction

*'''''Develop into a mycelium or another form depending on environmental conditions'''''

|q8=Fill in the missing words about immunity to fungal infections:<p>Cutaneous and superficial fungal infections are normally ... with recovery associated with a ... to re-infection. As hosts often develop delayed-type ... this resistance appears to be ... .</P>

*'''''Yeast-like parasitic phase'''''

|a8=

*'''''Mycelial saphrophytic phase'''''

*'''''Show phenotypic duality'''''

||[[Fungi - Wikiblood#Types of Fungi|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]

*Cell-mediated

|<big>'''How would you recognise yeast cells?'''

|l8=Immunity to Fungi

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*'''''Oval or round in shape'''''

 

*'''''3µm to 5µm in diameter'''''

*'''''Reproduce by budding'''''

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*'''''Yeasts can assimilate sugar and nitrogen and ferment various sugar compounds'''''

*'''''Can produce pseudohyphae'''''

||[[Fungi - Wikiblood#Types of Fungi|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]

|<big>'''What are the three types of fungal spore produced?'''

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*'''''Sexual'''''

*'''''Asexual'''''

*'''''Vegetative'''''

||[[Fungi - Wikiblood#Fungal Reproduction|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]

|<big>'''Fill in the missing words about immunity to fungal infections'''

||<big>Cutaneous and superficial fungal infections are normally <font color="white">'''''self-limiting'''''</font> with recovery associated with a <font color="white">'''''resistance'''''</font> to re-infection. As hosts often develop delayed-type <font color="white">'''''hypersensitivity'''''</font> this resistance appears to be <font color="white">'''''cell-mediated'''''</font>.

||[[Insecta#Structure and Function|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]