Cellular Slime Molds: Dictyostelium

Acellular Slime Molds: Physarum

Acellular Slime Molds: Stemonitis

Oomycetes: SaprolegniaAsexual

Sexual

Oomycetes: AchlyaAsexual

Sexual

Oomycetes: Pythium

Damping Off Disease

Root Rot

Asexual

Sexual

Oomycetes: Phytophthora

Late Potato Blight

Red Core

Asexual

Sexual

Oomycetes: PeronosporaAsexual

Sexual

Blue Mold (Tobacco)

Oomycetes: PlasmoparaAsexual

Downy Mildew (Grape)

Sexual

Oomycetes: Albugo

White Rust (Mustard)

Asexual

Sexual

Chytridiomycetes: Olpidium

Cabbage

Probable Asexual (Zoospore Cysts)

Probable Sexual (Resting Spore)

Holocarpic, Monocentric, Endobiotic

Chytridiomycetes: Synchytrium

Black Wart (Potato)

Encysted Zoospores (Asexual)? Resting Spore? (Sexual)?

Holocarpic, Monocentric, Endobiotic

Chytridiomycetes: Coelomomyces

Holocarpic, Monocentric, Endobiotic

CopepodMosquito Larvae,Midge Larvae

Chytridiomycetes: Rhizophydium

Eucarpic, Moncentric, Epibiotic

Chytridiomycetes: Batrachochytrium

Eucarpic, Monocentric, Epibiotic

Chytridiomycetes: Allomyces

Thin-Walled Sporangia (2n)

Asexual Sexual

Resistant Sporangium (2n)

Male (top), Female (bottom) Gametangia (n)

Eucarpic, Polycentric

Chytridiomycetes: Allomyces

Allomyces Life Cycle

Chytridiomycetes: Neocallimastix

Eucarpic, Monocentric

Zygomycetes: RhizopusAsexual Sexual

ZygosporangiumSporangiophore, Sporangium

Zygomycetes: Rhizopus

Rhizopus Life Cycle

Zygomycetes: Mucor (Bread Mold)

Mucormycosis

Zygomycete: Phycomyces

Zygomycetes: Entomophthora

Sporangiophores, Sporangia

Zygomycetes: Pilobolus (“Dung Cannons”)

Sporangiophore, Sporangia

Glomeromycota (Glomales): Glomus

Ascomycetes: Asexual

Life Stage: Anamorph

Conidiospores (= Conidia)

Ascomycetes: Sexual

Life Stage: Teleomorph

Ascus with Ascospores

Ascoma (= Ascocarp)

Ascomycete: Taphrina (Peach Leaf Curl)

Teleomorph: Asci (No Ascoma)

4Peziza (Cup Fungus)

37

Sarcoscypha (Scarlet Cup)

65

Ascomycetes

Teleomorph: Asci in Cup-Shaped Ascoma (Apothecium)

Ascomycete: Ascobolus (Dung Fungus)

7 Teleomorph: Asci in Cup-Shaped Ascoma (Apothecium)

Ascomycete: Morchella (Morel)

Teleomorph: Asci in Cup-Shaped Ascoma (Apothecium)

Ascomycete: Tuber (Truffle)

Teleomorph: Asci in Cup-Shaped Ascoma (Apothecium)

Ascomycete: Sordaria (Dung Fungus)

Teleomorph: Asci in Flask-Shaped Ascoma (Perithecium)Anamorph: Unknown

Ascomycete: Neurospora (Red Bread Mold)

Teleomorph: Asci in Flask-Shaped Ascoma (Perithecium)Anamorph: Copious Conidia Production

Conida Production(Circadian Rhythm)

Teleomorph: Asci in Flask-Shaped Ascoma (Perithecium)Embedded within Elongate Stromata

Ascomycete: Xylaria (Candle Snuff Fungus; Dead Man’s Fingers)

Ascomycete: Claviceps

Teleomorph: Sclerotium falls on Ground; Tip Contains Flask-Shaped Ascoma (Perithecium)

Lysergic Acid Ethyl Amide

(LSD)

Ascomycete: Cordyceps

Teleomorph: Spear-Shaped Stromata containing Flask-Shaped Ascoma (Perithecia) grow out of Parasitized Insect Body.

• Spores Enter Insect Body through Spiracles, Germinate• Fungus often enters Brain of Insect.• Insect Body Transformed into Sclerotium

Perithecia Multiseptate Ascospores

Ascomycete: Nectria (Apple Canker, Coral Spot)

Anamorph: Asci in Flask-Shaped Ascoma (Perithecium)

Ascomycete: Venturia (Apple Scab)

Teleomorph: Asci in Flask-Shaped Ascoma (Pseudoperithecium)

Ascomycete: Oidium (Powdery Mildew)

Anamorph: Few, Loosely Scattered Conidiophores

103

Ascomycete: Ophiostoma (Blue Stain Fungus)

Anamorph: Densely packed conidia

Eupenicillium

Penicillium

Ascomycete: Penicillium (Mold)

Anamorph: Conidiophore NOT expanded Teleomorph: Enclosed Ascoma (Cleistothecium)

EurotiumAspergillus

Ascomycete: Aspergillus (Mold)

Anamorph: Conidiophore ExpandedTeleomorph: Enclosed Ascoma (Cleistothecium)

Aspergillosus SakeKoji: Rice Grain Inoculated with Aspergillus oryzae. Starch breakdown to monosaccharides)

Starch

Ascomycetes: Histoplasma

Histoplasmosis (“Spelunker’s Disease”)

Anamorph: Some conidia knobbed (mycelium forming in soil), other conidia unknobbed (yeast-cell forming in lungs)

Ascomycetes: Coccidioides

Anamorph: Jointed Spores (Mycelium Formation); Spherules of Endospores (Infect Lung)

Valley Fever (Coccidiomycosis)

Athlete’s Foot; Ringworm

Ascomycete: Trichophyton

Jock ItchAnamorph: Multicellular Conidiospores

Ascomycetes: Arthrobotrys(Nematode-Trapping Fungus)

Anamorph: Adhesive Knobs, Adhesive Nets, Contricting and Non-Constricting Rings

Ascomycete: Saccharomyces

Ascomycete: Saccharomyces

Asexual AsexualSexual

Anamorph and Teleomorph: (See Above)

Ascomycete: Candida

Anamorph: Dimorphic (Mycelium Stage, Yeast Stage)

1) Clinical Thrush

2) Esophageal Candiasis

3) *Yeast Infection