Fungi Student Learning Objectives

Fungi

Student Learning Objectives

1. Describe characteristics of fungi.

2. If given information, be able to identify unknown organisms as fungi.
3. Describe structure and function of a fungal mycelium and discuss its adaptive

significance.

4. Describe basic fungal life cycle, labeling main stages and structures and indicating ploidy of each.
5. Differentiate among Zygomycota, Ascomycota, and Basidiomycota in terms of

asexual and sexual reproductive structures and differences in their life cycles.

6. Discuss ecological importance of fungi in terms of saprobes, parasites, predators and mutualists.
7. Describe symbiotic relationships of lichens and mycorrhizae and their ecological

importance.

Fungi: Phylum Zygomycota

Representative Taxa

Student Learning Objectives

1. Describe characteristics of zygomycetes.

2. Identify common members of this group.
3. If given information, be able to identify unknown organisms as zygomycetes.
Fungi:_Phylum_Ascomycota__Representative_Taxa__Student_Learning_Objectives'>Fungi: Phylum Ascomycota

Representative Taxa

Student Learning Objectives

1. Describe characteristics of ascomycetes.

2. Identify common members of this group.
3. If given information, be able to identify unknown organisms as ascomycetes.

Fungi:_Phylum_Basidiomycota__Representative_Taxa__Student_Learning_Objectives'>Fungi: Phylum Basidiomycota

Representative Taxa

Student Learning Objectives

1. Describe characteristics of basidiomycetes.

2. Identify common members of this group.
3. If given information, be able to identify unknown organisms as basidiomycetes.

Fungi

Evolution, Taxonomy and Systematics

Student Learning Objectives

1. Explain fungal separation of events of fertilization.

2. Name and briefly describe four phyla of Kingdom Fungi: Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota, Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.
3. Explain why chytrids are considered the most ancient lineage of modern Fungi.
4. Identify the probable protistan sister taxon of Fungi and describe evidences for this relationship.
5. Locate fungal groups on a phylogenetic tree of living organisms.

Fungi

Exchange: Nutrition and Gas Exchange

Student Learning Objectives

1. Describe modes of nutrition of fungi

2. Discuss gas exchange in fungi.

Fungi: Phylum Zygomycota

Life Cycle

Student Learning Objectives

1. Describe the life cycle of typical zygomycetes.

2. Compare life cycles of zygomycetes, ascomycetes and basidiomycetes.

Fungi: Phylum Ascomycota

Life Cycle

Student Learning Objectives

1. Describe the life cycle of typical ascomycetes.

2. Compare life cycles of zygomycetes, ascomycetes and basidiomycetes.

Fungi: Phylum Basidiomycota

Life Cycle

Student Learning Objectives

1. Describe the life cycle of typical basidiomycetes.

2. Compare life cycles of zygomycetes, ascomycetes and basidiomycetes.

Fungi

Transport

Student Learning Objectives

1. Explain fungal transport.

Fungi

Internal Regulation

Student Learning Objectives

1. Discuss water balance, ion regulation and waste disposal in fungi.

Fungi

External Environment

This topic will not be discussed in this group. See Flowering Plants and Animals.