4. Fungi

Question 1

MUTUALISM

Answer 1

Symbiosis that benefits both species.

Question 2

DECOMPOSERS

Answer 2

Decompose organic material into simpler compounds that they and other organisms can metabolize.

Question 3

HYPHAE

Answer 3

Tubular filament, forms interwoven mat called mycelium.

Question 4

SPORANGIA

Answer 4

Hollow structures in which spores are produced.

Question 5

CONIDIOGENOUS CELLS

Answer 5

Specialized hyphae cells which give rise to spores called conidia.

Question 6

PLASMOGAMY

Answer 6

Fusion of gametangial protoplasts.

Question 7

KARYOGAMY

Answer 7

Fusion of nuclei, results in a formation of a diploid zygote.

Question 8

ASCI

Answer 8

Sacs that house sexual spores (ascot pores). Of

Question 9

CONIDIA

Answer 9

Haploid spores produced asexually on conidiophores.

Question 10

YEASTS

Answer 10

Unicellular fungi that reproduce asexually by budding.

Question 11

AFLATOXINS

Answer 11

Secondary metabolites that cause liver cancer in humans.

Question 12

DERMATOPHYTES

Answer 12

Cause skin diseases.

Question 13

MYCORRHIZAE

Answer 13

Symbiotic relationships between a fungus and roots, fungi supplying increased surface area and gets sugars and nutrients.

Question 14

ENDOMYCORRHIZAE

Answer 14

Mychorrizae which the hyphae enters the cell walls of the roots.

Question 15

ECTOMYCORRHIZAE

Answer 15

Mycorrhizae that surround the root cells.