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1
Q

What are large fungi called?

A

Basidiomycetes

2
Q

Name some edible mushrooms.

3

A

Button
Oyster
Truffles

3
Q

Name some poisonous mushrooms.

3

A
Destroying angel (amanita virosa) 
Death cap (amanita phalloides)
Fly agaric (amanita muscaria)
4
Q

What do mushrooms start of as?

A

Single spores

5
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What happens when a mushroom spore lands on suitable conditions?

A

It produces a hypha which branches into hyphae which intertwine to become a mycelium

6
Q

How does a mushroom form a stalk?

A

Tightly packed hyphae grow upwards from the mycelium

7
Q

What is formed when a mushrooms hyphae become tightly packed and grow upwards?

A

A stalk

8
Q

What forms at the top of a mushroom stalk?

A

A tightly closed cap

9
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What is found on the underside of a mushroom cap?

A

Gills with basidia between them

10
Q

Where are gills found on a mushroom?

A

On the underside of a mushroom cap

11
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What are basidia?

A

Spore-forming structures

12
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Where are basidia found on a mushroom?

A

Between the gills on the underside of a cap

13
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What happens when a mushroom becomes ripe?

A

The basidia release spores into the atmosphere which are dispersed by air or water