Block C 1

Question 1

most fungi are multicellular forming a network called

Answer 1

hyphae

Question 2

hyphae that extend above the surface can produce asexual spores called

Answer 2

conidia

Question 3

conidia are often what

Answer 3

pigmented and resistant to drying

Question 4

what are the compacted tufts that hyphae called

Answer 4

mycelia

Question 5

what are most fungal cell walls made of

Answer 5

chitin

Question 6

what helps plant roots to obtain phosphorus

Answer 6

mycorrhizae

Question 7

some fungi produce macroscopic reproductive structures called

Answer 7

fruiting bodies

Question 8

2 examples of fruiting bodies

Answer 8

mushrooms and puffballs

Question 9

what can mycoses in humans range from

Answer 9

athletes foot to histoplasmosis

Question 10

how do most fungi reproduce and how many forms

Answer 10

asexual
3 forms

Question 11

what are the 3 forms that fungi reproduce by

Answer 11

-growth and spread of hyphal filaments
-asexual reproduction of spores
-simple cell division

Question 12

how do fungi sexual spores originate

Answer 12

fusion of 2 haploid cells to form a diploid cell
(ascospores, basidiospores, zygospores)

Question 13

what are spores resistant to

Answer 13

drying
heating
freezing
chemicals

Question 14

what is earliest fungal linage thought to be

Answer 14

chytridomycetes
global amphibian declines- chytrids

Question 15

where are chytrids found

Answer 15

moist soil and freshwater

Question 16

what has batrachochytrium been implicated in

Answer 16

massive die off of amphibians

Question 17

key genera of chyriodiomycetes

Answer 17

allomyces
bactrachochytrium

Question 18

what are zygomycetes primarily known for

Answer 18

food spoilage

Question 19

where are zygomycetes commonly found

Answer 19

in soil and decaying plant material

Question 20

what are all zygomycetes

Answer 20

coenocytic
zygospores

Question 21

what are microsporidia

Answer 21

unicellular
obligate parasites

Question 22

what do microsporidia often infect

Answer 22

immune compromised individuals

Question 23

what is a representative form of zygospores

Answer 23

rhizopus stolonifer (black bread mould)
microsporidia

Question 24

what are glomermycetes

Answer 24

small group of fungi that have major ecological importance

Question 25

what do all species of glomermycetes form with the roots of herbaceous plants

Answer 25

endomycorrhizae

Question 26

what do arbuscular mycorrhiza do

Answer 26

help capture nutrients for plants

Question 27

how do all glomeromycetes reproduce

Answer 27

asexually

Question 28

key genera of ascomycetes

Answer 28

saccharomyces candida aspergillus

Question 29

diversity of ascomycetes

Answer 29

bakers yeast to common mould

Question 30

where are ascomycetes found

Answer 30

in aquatic and terrestrial environments

Question 31

what do ascomycetes do

Answer 31

decompose dead plant material some are lichen symbionts

Question 32

shape of saccharomyces cerevisae

Answer 32

spherical to oval cell division through budding

Question 33

what is the name given to the sexual reproduction that saccharomyces cerevisiae do

Answer 33

mating

Question 34

how many mating types do saccharomyces cerevisiae carry out

Answer 34

2

Question 35

what is the name given to the mechanism that switched ascomycete yeast from a to a

Answer 35

cassette

Question 36

reproduction mechanism of mushrooms and other basidiomycetes

Answer 36

vegetative and sexual

Question 37

key genera of mushrooms and other basidiomycetes

Answer 37

agaricus amanita

Question 38

what type of growth do hyphals go through

Answer 38

exponential

Question 39

what is the spitzenkorper

Answer 39

structure found in fungal hyphae that is the organizing centre for hyphal growth and morphogenesis

Question 40

what is one of the most important groups for organisms for nutrient cycling

Answer 40

fungi

Question 41

what are fungi important for

Answer 41

biotechnologically and industrially important