Lab 7

Question 1

what is the mode of nutrition for fungi

Answer 1

• heterotopic
• absorption
• digest food outside of body (saprophytic)

Question 2

what is the ecological role fungi provide

Answer 2

mutualistic association with roots of most plants, forming a mycorrhizae

Question 3

what do mycorrhizae fungal provide to plants

Answer 3

increase plant’s ability to absorb water

Question 4

what is a common mutualistic relationship with fungi

Answer 4

lichen

Question 5

what are the three important phyla of fungi

Answer 5

Zygomycota
Ascomycota
Basidiomycota

Question 6

angium/angia

Answer 6

vessel that contains reproductive structures

Question 7

carp

Answer 7

body

Question 8

mycota

Answer 8

fungus

Question 9

phore

Answer 9

stalk

Question 10

sporangium/sporangia

Answer 10

spore containing vessel

Question 11

asco

Answer 11

sac

Question 12

basdio

Answer 12

club

Question 13

what is the zygomycota looked in lab

Answer 13

Rhizopus stolonifer- common bread mold

Question 14

what are the thread like structures that make up fungi

Answer 14

hyphae

Question 15

what is the body of the fungus mad out of and called

Answer 15

hyphae are organized into the body to make up the mycelium

Question 16

what are the cell walls of fungi made out of

Answer 16

chitin

Question 17

in zygomycetes, what ploidy are the hyphae during asexual reproduction

Answer 17

haploid

Question 18

in asexual reproduction of the zygomycetes, how do the hyphae grow

Answer 18

upright and develop sporangia

Question 19

what do sporangia produce

Answer 19

spores through asexual reproduction

Question 20

how do Rhizopus zygomycetes reproduce sexually

Answer 20

• through compatible mating types
• positive and negative that grow side by side

Question 21

what from positive and negative hyphae (zygomycetes)

Answer 21

gametangia that have a haploid nuclei

Question 22

what happens when the gametangia fuse (zygomycetes)

Answer 22

nuclei in resulting zygosporangium begin to pair up

Question 23

what ploidy is the zygosporangium (zygomycetes)

Answer 23

dikaryotic

Question 24

karyogamy

Answer 24

nuclei fuse together

Question 25

zygosporangium (zygomycetes)

Answer 25

contains zygospore

Question 26

zygospore (zygomycetes)

Answer 26

spore in dormant stage

Question 27

sporangiophore

Answer 27

supports and bears the sporangium

Question 28

what is another name for Ascomycota

Answer 28

sac fungi ascopore producing fungi

Question 29

what does sexual reproduction produce in Ascomycota

Answer 29

four or eight haploid Ascospores after meiosis in an ascus

Question 30

what is an ascus (Ascomycota)

Answer 30

contain and protects spores

Question 31

ascospore (Ascomycota)

Answer 31

type of spore

Question 32

what is an ascocarp (Ascomycota)

Answer 32

where the asci form - type of fruiting body

Question 33

how does asexual reproduction work in Ascomycota

Answer 33

spores produced on surface on upright hyphae

Question 34

conidia

Answer 34

asexual spore of Ascomycota

Question 35

conidiophores

Answer 35

special hyphae that house conidia

Question 36

what are the Basidiomycota also known as

Answer 36

club fungi

Question 37

what is a mushroom (Basidiomycota)

Answer 37

reproductive structure (basidiocarp)

Question 38

basidiocarp (Basidiomycota)

Answer 38

produces spores by meiosis

Question 39

basidium

Answer 39

where spores formed by meiosis protrude from

Question 40

how do basidiocarps grow (Basidiomycota)

Answer 40

grow upward from an underground mycelium

Question 41

basidia (Basidiomycota)

Answer 41

small club shaped structures where spores produced

Question 42

what mutualistic relationship do lichen usually form

Answer 42

between fungi (usually sac or club) and either a cyanobacterium (photosynthetic) or green algae

Question 43

lichen body

Answer 43

thallus

Question 44

what are the benefits between the cyanobacterium and fungi

Answer 44

cyanobacterium provide sugars for fungus and fungus provides moist environment for cyanobacterium

Question 45

what are the three types of lichen

Answer 45

1. foliose= leafy thallus 2. crustose= crust like thallus 3. fruticose= branching thallus