There is a myth that immediately after heavy rains in forest, mushrooms appear in large number and make a very large ring or circle, which may be several metres in diameter. These are called as 'fairy rings'. Can you explain this myth of fairy rings in biological terms?
Discuss the mycilial structure in Agaricus and its soil borne nature.
The fruiting bodies in Agaricus known as basidiocarps form a concentric ring like structure from the mycelium present in the soil. These basidiocarps resemble button in shape and develop to form a ring like structure.
This fairy ring structure in Agaricus have reported stimulation of plants productivity. This rings are infact fruiting bodies of this fungus and the diameter of this fairy ring increases every year due to spread of mycelium.
Cyanobacteria and heterotrophic bacteria have been clubbed together in eubacteria of kingdom-Monera as per the 'five kingdom classification' even though the two are vastly different from each other. Is this grouping of the two types of taxa in the same kingdom justified? If so, why?
Discuss the cellular composition of cyanobacteria and heterotrophic bacteria that make them introduced in eubacteria.
Although the two are vastly different from each other. They still bear some common characters, on the basis of which they are introduced in eubacteria of kingdom-Monera. These characters are as follows
(i) Both the groups do not possess well defined nucleus.
(ii) Nucleus lacks nucleous and nuclear membrane.
(iii) DNA (genetic material) lies freely in the cytoplasm.
(iv) They possess 70 S type of ribosomes.
At a stage of their cycle, ascomycetes fungi produce the fruiting bodies like apothecium, perithecium or cleistothecium. How are these three types of fruiting bodies different from each other?
Discuss the type of fruiting bodies formed by ascomycetes fungus and differentiate accordingly on the basic of there structures.
Ascomycetes Consist of sporangial sac called ascus. Asci (singular-ascus) may occur freely or get aggregated with dikaryotic mycelium to form the fruitification called ascocarps.
The fruitification formed by asci are like
(i) Apothecium is a cup like structure, e.g., Peziza.
(ii) Perithecium flask shaped, e.g., Neurospora.
(iii) Cleistothecium closed with a slit, e.g., Penicillium
What observable features in Trypanosoma would make you classify it under kingdom-Protista?
Discuss cell structure of Trypanosoma also discuss its different strain in brief.
On the basis of locomotary organ Trypanosoma is included under flagellated protozoans. It resembles Protista on the basis of following characters
(i) Possess unicellularity.
(ii) Possess asexual reproduction, i.e., by binary fission.
(iii) Possess centrally located nucleus and also contain an prominent nucleus endosome.
(iv) Reserve food material is in the form of granules, such characters possessed by Trypanosoma made it to be included under kingdom-Protista.