Fungi

Question 1

Mycology

Answer 1

The study of Fungi

Question 2

Yeast

Answer 2

Single-Celled Fungi

Question 3

Molds

Answer 3

Multicellular Filamentous Fungi

Question 4

Mushrooms

Answer 4

Reproductive structures of certain fungi.

Question 5

Saprotrophs

Answer 5

Organism that get nutrients from dead and decaying matter

Question 6

Parasites

Answer 6

Live on their host

Question 7

Fungi Cell Wall

Answer 7

Contains Chitin & Glucan

Question 8

Fungal Membranes

Answer 8

Contain Ergosterol

Question 9

Dimorphic Fungi

Answer 9

Can transition between 2 morphologies

Question 10

Hyphae

Answer 10

Characterizes the growth of most fungi and some bacterial species

Question 11

mycelium

Answer 11

Tangles, Mat-like mass of Fungal hyphae

Question 12

vegetative Hyphae

Answer 12

Hyphae that grows towards food

Question 13

Typical Fungi Growth temperatures

Answer 13

20-35’c

Question 14

Ruminants

Answer 14

Fungi that live in animals to help digest grasses

Question 15

Conidia

Answer 15

Asexual reproductive cells of molds

Question 16

Sporangiospores

Answer 16

Group of conidia

Question 17

Conidiophores

Answer 17

Conidia on conidia-bearing structures

Question 18

arthroconidia

Answer 18

fragmentation of hyphae

Question 19

Budding

Answer 19

how yeast cells reproduce

Question 20

Ascomycota

Answer 20

sac fungi produces ascospores

Question 21

Penicillin, flavor of truffles & plant pathogens are caused by which Fungal phyla?

Answer 21

Ascomycota

Question 22

Basidiomycota

Answer 22

club fungi

Question 23

mucoromycota

Answer 23

zygomcestes/ wide hyphae with few to no septa

Question 24

Mycosis

Answer 24

Fungal Infection

Question 25

dermatophytes

Answer 25

superficial fungi that infects keratinized tissue

Question 26

subcutaneous fungi

Answer 26

infects deeper layers of the skin

Question 27

Opportunistic fungi

Answer 27

cause disease only under certain conditions.

Question 28

Systemic Fungi

Answer 28

Mold in the environment

Question 29

aflatoxin

Answer 29

carcinogenic toxin made by aspergillus species

Question 30

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Answer 30

Brewer's/Baker's Yeast

Question 31

Lichens

Answer 31

photosynthetic microorganisms with a symbiotic association to fungus

Question 32

mycorrhizas

Answer 32

symbiotic relationship between fungi and the roots of plants.