Lab 01 Algae & Fungi
Questions
II Seaweeds
Comment on why seaweeds, such as the one displayed, do not make good land plants. How do these structures function in the seaweeds?
Discuss the following:
Similarities and differences among Zygomycota, Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.
Vocabulary (Define)
diatom
dinoflagellate
algae
seaweed
holdfast
stipe
blade
pneumatocyst
saprophytic
chitin
heterotrophic
hypha
mycelium
septate/aseptate
zygote fungi
sac fungi
club fungi
zygosporangium
gametangium
sporangium
ascus
ascocarp
ascospores
conididospore
conidium
crustose lichen
foliose lichen
fruiticose lichen
basidium
basidiocarp
basidiospore
Illustrations in Lab Book
Reminder:
Be sure to follow all of the rules from producing figures for lab reports. One figure per page. Be sure the descriptive title for each figure includes appropriate taxonomic information. Corresponding to each figure, there should be a short paragraph that describes the significant features of the figure.
A. Draw prepared slides of:
· Diatoms w.m.
· Peridinium w.m.
· Ceratium w.m.
· Spirogyra Vegetative Single Chloroplasts w.m.
· Chlamydomonas flagella stain
· Volvox w.m.
B. Wet mount of live algae cultures
A. Rhizopus congregation
The Rhizopus Conjugation slide illustrates the formation of these zygosporangia. From your observations draw and label diagrams of several of these zygosporangia to illustrate their typical structure.
A. Rhizopus sporangia
From your observations of the slide (“Rhizopus Sporangia, w.m.”), draw and label several sporangia and their associated mycelia.
A. Yeast
Draw a labeled diagram of budding yeast cells from your observations of your microscope preparation.
B. Penicillium conidium
Draw and label a diagram of several of these conidia from your observations of the slide.
C. Lichen ascocarp
Draw and label diagrams that illustrate the algal cells among the hyphae and the structure of the ascocarp.
A. Mushroom life cycle
Draw and label a diagram that illustrates the structure of a typical fruiting body of a mushroom
B. Coprinus mushroom
Draw and label a diagram to illustrate basidia and their basidiospores on the gills.