Lab quiz fungi

Question 1

kingdom protista

Answer 1

-dominant diploid life cycle
-fungus like in nutrition but have a motile life stage (most fungi don’t have a motile stage)

Question 2

phylum myxomycota

Answer 2

-protista
-non-septate
-slime molds have stationary reproductive structures (sporangia)
-motile reproductive cells (with flagella) called swarm cells
-active stage called plasmodium

Question 3

kingdom fungi

Answer 3

-haploid dominant
-all heterotrophs (absorb food through cell walls)
-almost all filamentous
-almost all have non-motile cells
-cell walls made of chitin

Question 4

phylum zygomycota

Answer 4

-non-septate
-bread molds

Question 5

phylum ascomycota

Answer 5

-Peziza, sac fungi, yeasts, powdery mildews, ergot
-septate hyphae are partitioned into individual cells

Question 6

phylum bastidiomycota

Answer 6

-club fungi
-mushrooms, earth stars, bracket fungi, puffballs, corn smut
-septate

Question 7

lichens

Answer 7

-symbiotic relationship between alga and fungi
-grow on rocks and leaf litter

Question 8

lichen types

Answer 8

-crustose: crusty appearance
-foliose: leaf like appearance
-fruticose: hanging type