BIOL 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Corn Smut, Inside Plant, Mycorrhiza
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Most are multicellular, but the unicellular ones are called yeast". Filaments are very thin, 1% diameter of plant roots, allowing high surface area for max. absorption, and can slip through cracks to reach areas which plants cannot. In many species, hyphae are divided into cell-like compartments by porous septae; cytoplasm is continuous and septae are riddled with pores which many things (even nuclei) can travel through. Mycelium: fruiting body is dense mass of hyphae, capable of producing spores, whereas below ground, it is spread out. However, most of a fungus is underground: fruiting bodies only a small portion of the total biomass. Can form fairy rings - and fungi also cover decomposing logs. There are predatory fungi, ex which can digest nematodes (worms). Ectomycorrhizae: outside of plant root, can penetrate between cell walls but not into cells. Endomycorrhizae: inside plant root, even within cells they produce tree-like structures for quick transport between plant and fungus.