Fungi

Question 1

There are ______ current species of fungi.

Answer 1

100,000

Question 2

All fungi are all ______

Answer 2

heterotrophs

Question 3

Almost all fungi are _______.

Answer 3

multicellular

Question 4

All fungi have _____ _____ made of chitin.

Answer 4

cell walls

Question 5

All fungi are sessile. Which means what?

Answer 5

They don’t move in some stage of life

Question 6

Basic body “parts” are strands of cells, called ____.

Answer 6

hyphae

Question 7

The mass of hyphae forming the fungus “body” is called the _____.

Answer 7

mycelium

Question 8

Where is the mycelium most often located?

Answer 8

Underground

Question 9

The visible fungus is usually the reproductive structure, or ____ ____.

Answer 9

Fruiting Body

Question 10

Fungi are major decomposers of ____ _____.

Answer 10

organic material

Question 11

Fungi form important ______ ______ with plants

Answer 11

symbiotic relationships

Question 12

fungi cause ______, or infect organisms.

Answer 12

diseases

Question 13

Fungi are a source of _____, and _____ _____.

Answer 13

food & antibiotic drugs

Question 14

How do fungus’s reproduce?

Answer 14

Both sexually & asexually (Although most undergo sexual reproduction at some point!)

Question 15

If “+” and “-“ (fungus sperm & egg) meet, they can form a ______ _____ and combine cell contents.

Answer 15

conjugation tube

Question 16

The 2 nuclei do NOT fuse immediately, but coexist. These cells are called a ____.

Answer 16

dikaryon

Question 17

When a fruiting body forms, the nuclei fuse and can then produce ____.

Answer 17

spores

Question 18

How do spores differ from seeds?

Answer 18

They are generally smaller, very resistant to climate, and they are haploid (only 1 set of chromosomes)

Question 19

How many species of the Phylum Chytridiomycota are there?

Answer 19

1000

Question 20

Phylum Chytridiomycota are probably the most what?

Answer 20

Ancient group of fungi! (550-600 million y/o)

Question 21

What kind of habitat do the Phylum Chytridiomycota live in?

Answer 21

Aquatic

Question 22

Phylum Chytridiomycota spores have what?

Answer 22

flagella

Question 23

Phylum Chytridiomycota: Most are ______, but some are _______.

Answer 23

Multicellular, unicellular

Question 24

Phylum Chytridiomycota: cause death in what animal?

Answer 24

Frogs

Question 25

Phylum Zygomycota has how many species? And Glomeromycota has how many?

Answer 25

900 & 150

Question 26

Phylum Zygomycota and Glomeromycota: Mostly _____, and generally small.

Answer 26

Terrestrial

Question 27

Phylum Zygomycota and Glomeromycota: Cells are not completely ______.

Answer 27

Separated

Question 28

Phylum Ascomycota, there are ____ species.

Answer 28

50,000

Question 29

Phylum Ascomycota: also called the ____ or ___ fungi

Answer 29

sac or cup

Question 30

Phylum Ascomycota: Mostly terrestrial, but a few ____.

Answer 30

Aquatic

Question 31

Phylum Ascomycota: Large fruiting body (the ascocarp) shaped like a ___ or ____.

Answer 31

Sac or cup

Question 32

Examples of Phylum Ascomycota;

Answer 32

yeast, morels, truffles

Question 33

Examples of the club shaped fruiting body Phylum Basidiomycota:

Answer 33

mushrooms, toadstools, puffballs, shelf fungi, rusts, smuts

Question 34

Deuteromycota is also called the ______ fungi.

Answer 34

imperfect

Question 35

____ species of yeasts

Answer 35

1000

Question 36

All yeasts are _____

Answer 36

unicellular

Question 37

yeasts reproduce asexually by _____

Answer 37

budding

Question 38

Yeasts can reproduce ____ by ascospores

Answer 38

sexually

Question 39

Yeasts can grow without ____

Answer 39

oxygen

Question 40

15,000 species of ____

Answer 40

Lichen

Question 41

Lichens are a symbiosis between a ____ and a(n) ____

Answer 41

fungus and algae