Fungi

Question 1

Examples of Fungi

Answer 1

Yeast (unicellular)
Molds (multi, filamentous)
Mushrooms (multi, filamentous)

Question 2

Fungi. Eukaryotic or Prokaryotic?

Answer 2

Eukaryotic

Question 3

Fungi. Unicellular or Multicellular?

Answer 3

Most are filamentous

Some are unicellular

Question 4

Fungi cell walls

Answer 4

Rigid and contain chitin

Question 5

Fungi reproduction

Answer 5

Both sexual and asexual

Question 6

Fungi nutrition

Answer 6

All chemoheterotrophic
Typically saprozoic
Mainly saprobes or decomposers

Question 7

Fungi environment

Answer 7

Free-living or

Form intimate relationships with other organisms

Question 8

Fungal morphology

Answer 8

Thallus
Hypha
Mycelium

Question 9

Body/soma of fungi

Answer 9

Thallus

Question 10

Tubular filament exhibiting apical growth

Answer 10

Hypha

Question 11

Mass of hyphae

Answer 11

Mycelium

Question 12

Types of hyphae based on Septation

Answer 12

Septate hypa

Coenocytic hyphae

Question 13

Septate hypha is composed of

Answer 13

Cell wall
Pore
Nuclei
Septum

Question 14

Coenocytic hypha is composed of

Answer 14

Cell wall

Nuclei

Question 15

Tupes of hypha based on function

Answer 15

Vegetative
Aerial
Reproductive

Question 16

Hypha that obtains nutrients

Answer 16

Vegetative hypha

Question 17

Projections above the surface of the medium

Answer 17

Aerial hyphae

Question 18

An aerial hypha that bear reproductive spore

Answer 18

Reproductive hyphae

Question 19

Modified hypha that extract nutrients from plants

Answer 19

Haustoria

Question 20

Specialized branching hypha that exchange nutrients with their plant hosts

Answer 20

Arbuscles

Question 21

Modified hypha forming hoops

Answer 21

Ring

Question 22

Root-like structures

Hyphae that grow into bread, anchor the mycelium, and carry out digestion

Answer 22

Rhizoids

Question 23

Hypha that connects two rhizoids

Horizontal hyphae that exist on the surface of the bread

Answer 23

Stolon

Question 24

Fungal nutrition

Answer 24

Resistant to osmotic pressue
Grown on very low moisture content
Grow with less nitrogen
Capable of metabolizing complex carbohydrates such as lignin (component of wood)

Question 25

Association between fungi (mycobiont) and algae/cyanobacteria (photobiont)

Answer 25

Lichens

Question 26

Importance of lichens

Answer 26

Air pollution indicator Biodegration Sources of dyes Food

Question 27

Carbon compounds and fixes nitrogen into organic N compounds

Answer 27

Alga or Cyanobacterium

Question 28

Protection Retention of water and minerals Absorbed from airborne dust or rain Secretion of acids

Answer 28

Fungus

Question 29

Association between plant roots and fungi

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Fungi - provide minerals | Plants - provide carbohydrates

Question 30

Fungal reproduction

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Asexual | Sexual

Question 31

Haploid stage is multicellular and the diploid stage is a single cell, meiosis is "zygotic"

Answer 31

Haplontic Life Cycle

Question 32

Reproduction type that is more important for propagation of fungal species

Answer 32

Asexual

Question 33

Methods of asexual reproduction

Answer 33

Fragmentation Fission Budding Spores

Question 34

Hyphae break up into their component cells that behave as spores (arthrospores)

Answer 34

Fragmentation

Question 35

Simple splitting of a cell into 2 daughter cells by constriction and formation of a cell wall

Answer 35

Fission

Question 36

Production of a small outgrowth from a parent cell

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Budding

Question 37

Most common asexual reproduction | Vary in color, size, shape, number, arrangement of cell and manner of which they are borne

Answer 37

Spores

Question 38

Examples of asexual spores

Answer 38

Sporangiospore | Conidia

Question 39

Borne within a sporangium

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Sporangiospores

Question 40

Motile with flagella sporangiospores

Answer 40

Zoospore

Question 41

Non-motile sporangiospores

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Aplanospores

Question 42

Exogenous | Free or naked spores

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Conidia

Question 43

Three phases of sexual reproduction

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Plasmogamy Karyogamy Meisos

Question 44

Unions of 2 protoplasts

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Plasmogamy

Question 45

Union of 2 nuclei

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Karyogamy

Question 46

Chromosomes reduced to haploid

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Meiosis

Question 47

Different nuclei

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Heterokaryon

Question 48

Sexual spores

Answer 48

Ascospores | Zygospores

Question 49

Importance of fungi

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Soil Fertility | Recycle many important chemical elements

Question 50

Destructive role of fungi

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Disintegration of organic matter Spoilage of foods Diseases (plants, animals, humans)

Question 51

Fungal phylum that are obligate intracellular parasites Lack mitochondria, peroxisomes, and centrioles Unicellular

Answer 51

Phylum Microsporidia

Question 52

Causes diarrhea and inflammation of gall bladder

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Enterocytozoon bieneusi

Question 53

Simplest and most primitive fungal phylum | Unicellular or multicellular

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Chytridiomycota (or Chytrids)

Question 54

Conjugated fungal phylum | Mainly saprophytes, few parasitic

Answer 54

Zygomycota

Question 55

Newly established fungal phylum which comprises about 230 species Known as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Do not form zygospores

Answer 55

Phylum Glomeromycota

Question 56

Know as sac fungi | Unicellular or multicellular

Answer 56

Phylum Ascomycota

Question 57

Known as club fungi Basidia produce basidiospores in basidiocarp Spores produced through sexual reproduction

Answer 57

Phylum Basidiomycota