Activity Fungi and Algae

No. 4

Title of the Activity

Instructions:

1. All questions and answers should be typewritten. Font: Arial, size 12 and justified
paragraph.
2. Questions in black color and your answers in red color.
3. Submit as pdf file.
4. FILE NAME should be: Act4_MCPH40_SURNAME

I. Objectives:
a. Define fungi, yeast, and molds
b. Compare and contrast fungi, yeast, and molds.
c. Distinguish the morphological and microscopic characteristics of yeast and
molds.
d. Identify the importance of fungi.
e. Describe algae
f. Identify the criteria/techniques used in classifying agae.
g. Enumerate the uses of algae.
II. Results, Discussion, and Questions
1. In a tabulate form, distinguish the morphological and microscopic characteristics
of yeast, molds, and fungi.
Organism Color/Consistency/ Shape and Size Habitat Microscopic
Texture image of the
specimen
Saccharomyces
cerevisiae
Penicillium
notatum
Chlorella
Chlamydomonas
Pithorpora
Eudorina
Ulothrix
Desmids

1. In a tabulate form, distinguish the morphological and microscopic characteristics

fungal diseases.
Organism Morphology and Microscopic image of the
microscopic characteristics specimen
Blastomyces dermatitidis

Coccidioides immitis

Histoplasma capsulatum

Paraccoccidioides
brasiliensis

Malassezia furfur

Piedraia hortai

Trichosporon beigeli

Tinea Spp.

Sporothrix schenckii

Madurella mycetomatis

Candida albicans

Aspergillus fumigatus

Cryptococcus meningitis
2. Compare and contrast yeast and molds with regards to their appearance under
the microscope.
3. Give the difference between plants and fungi.
4. Aside from yeast and molds, name two types of fungi and give their commercial
importance.
5. Why are algae not included in Kingdom Plantae?
6. How do algae different from fungi?
7. Why are algae considered as indicator of pollution as well as productivity?
8. Why do algae produce more oxygen than terrestrial or land plants?