Aug. 27

Question 1

oldest ambiguous fossil of fungi

Answer 1

lower devonian rhynie chert

Question 2

subkingdom of fungi that includes the division ascomycota and basidiomycota

Answer 2

dikarya

Question 3

what are the characteristics of early fungi

Answer 3

simple, unicellular, with flagella

Question 4

structure outside of cells of phylum basidiomycota

Answer 4

basidia/basidium

Question 5

basal group of eukaryotes that is related to animals w/ structural similarity to the chytrids

Answer 5

choanoflagellates

Question 6

they are known to cause animal diseases including potentially lethal infections of humans and plants

Answer 6

phylum basidiomycota or club fungi

Question 7

fungal genomes can contain more than 200 copies of the cluster organized in repeating sequences

Answer 7

tandem repeats

Question 8

separates individual copies of sequenced genes

Answer 8

intergenic spacer region (IGS) or non-transcribed spacer region (NTS)

Question 9

defined as the assignment of organisms to a hierarchy of groups–genus, family, order

Answer 9

classification

Question 11

term used to describe a broad group of fungi, animals, and choanoflagellates

Answer 11

opisthokonts

Question 12

undetermined sequence from a distinctive species

Answer 12

operational taxonomic unit (OTU)

Question 13

these are partitions successive compartments
along the length of the basidiomycete hyphae

Answer 13

dolipore septum

Question 14

ets sequence use this ends of the cluster

Answer 14

5’ and 3’ ends of the cluster

Question 15

it is the most common choice in molecular phylogenetic analysis of fungi

Answer 15

ribosomal - gene cluster

Question 16

common name is club fungi

Answer 16

phylum basidiomycota

Question 17

opisthokont include

Answer 17

fungi, animals, and choanoflagellates

Question 18

three components of ribosomal - gene cluster

Answer 18

large subunit (SSU), small subunit (LSU), and internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2)

Question 19

the 3rd important characteristic of Basidiomycetes

Answer 19

clamp connections

Question 20

distinct group of unicellular eukaryotes

Answer 20

fungi

Question 21

the study of the evolutionary relationships between species and larger groupings of organisms

Answer 21

systematics

Question 22

uses fluorescent dye

Answer 22

fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH)

Question 23

said to be partners with termites and leaf-cutter ants in a complex symbioses which feeds upon scale insects

Answer 23

phylum basidiomycota or club fungi

Question 24

it is the identification, description, and naming of organisms

Answer 24

taxonomy

Question 25

give the six phyla that are recognized in the current taxonomic arrangement of the fungi

Answer 25

phylums basidiomycota, ascomycota, glomeromycota, blastocladiomycota, chytridiomycota, neocallimastigomycota

Question 26

works with ITS1 and ITS2 to encode for non-functional RNA molecules that are degraded when functional rRNA is transcribed

Answer 26

external transcribed spaces sequences (ETS)