PLNTPTH 2000 Lecture 15: 2/17--Basidiomycetes
22 Feb 2017
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Where ascomycetes are called sac fungi, basidiomycetes are called club fungi, because their spores are held in clubs. Lin chi, lingzhi, or reishi mushroom (ganoderma species) First mentioned in chinese writings around 450 bc. Most asian countries have historical writings and uses for this mushroom. A tough, woody mushroom; a lot of times people will grind it up and then put it in tea, or grind it up and put it in a capsule. If you take a capsule and put it in a petri dish, you"ll actually get these mushrooms to grow from it. bleeding. The chemical found within this that some pharmaceuticals use to help treat viral issues = there is some basis for this. Zygospores are therefore the result of sexual. Ascomycota (done talking about, but will come up occasionally. ) reproduction. This, by far, has the most fungi in it. We will get very familiar with this throughout the semester.
