Fungi

Recall cards on fungi: their defining characteristics (chitin cell walls, ergosterol membranes, hyphae, septa, mycelium, heterotrophic external digestion, and asexual and sexual reproduction through plasmogamy, karyogamy, and meiosis); the five phyla (Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Glomeromycota) plus the former imperfect fungi; the ecology of fungi (decomposition, mycorrhizae, lichens, endophytes, and symbioses with ants); fungal parasites and pathogens (ergot, mycoses, dermatophytes, and diseases of humans, bats, and frogs); and the importance of fungi in human life (food, fermentation, antibiotics, immunosuppressants, model organisms, and mycorrhizal support of plant life).