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1
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Mycology

A

The study of fungi

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2
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Number of Fungi Species

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80,000

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3
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Are yeasts unicellular or multicellular

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unicellular

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4
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Do Fungi photosynthesize

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no

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5
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What are Fungi cell walls made of

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chitin

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6
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How do Fungi store energy

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glycogen

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7
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How do fungi obtain nutrition

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secrete digestive enzymes, molecules brokendown and absorbed

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8
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Saprotrophic decomposers

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break down wastes/remains of plants/animals

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9
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Most fungi are _ decomposers

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saprotrophic

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10
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mycelium

A

whole fungus

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11
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_ grow from spores and form the mycelium

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hyphae filaments

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12
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Fairy Ring

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fungal mycelia growing outward in a circle

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13
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cell wall partitions

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septa

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14
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septa

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cell wall partitions

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15
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nonseptate fungi

A

lack septa in hyphae

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16
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how do cytoplasm and organelles pass in septate fungi cytoplasm

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pores

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17
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in fungus reproduction, a specific portion of the _ becomes a reproductive structure supported by rest of mycelium

A

mycelium

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18
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This Fungus Phylum has flagellated spores

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Chytridiomycota

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19
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Another word for Phylum Chytridiomycota

A

water molds

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20
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May resemble first fungi to have evolved

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Chytridiomycota

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21
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Aquatic fungi with flagellated zoospores

A

Chytrids

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22
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Most Chytrids are a, but some are b

A

decomposers, parasitic

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23
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linked to the decline of frog populations

A

Chytridiomycota

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24
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Rhizopus

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common bread mold, belongs to phylum Zygomycota

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25
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Does Rhizopus produce asexual or sexual spores

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both

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Prudoced as Zygomycota fungus begins to grow and spread

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asexual sporangia

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27
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_spores form as food is depleted

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Zygo

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How is a Zygomycota zygote formed

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hyphae from different strains (+ & -) fuse

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29
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Zygomycota spores are covered with _ for protection

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protein

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30
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how long can the Zygomocata spores live for

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months

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31
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Dung Mold

A

Pilobolus

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32
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Pilobolus Phylum

A

Zygomycota

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33
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Cow won’t eat grass near dung, how does Pilobolus get cows to eat spores

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spore cap on water sac grows, water heats up and shoots out spore

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34
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Ring of Repugnance

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area of grass where cows won’t eat

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35
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Phylum Ascomycota

A

the sac fungi

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36
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Morel Phylum

A

Ascomycota

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37
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Yeasts Phylum

A

Ascomycota

38
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Penicillum Phylum

A

Ascomycota

39
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Peziza Phylum

A

Ascomycota

40
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Contain 75% of known fungi species

A

Asycomycota

41
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Ascocarp

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structure on Ascomycota species that holds asci sacs and associated ascospore

42
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Where do sexual ascospores form in Ascomycota species

43
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Asexual reproduction in Ascomycota species

A

asexual conidiospores form in conidia

44
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conidia

A

pod-like structures supported by conidiophores

45
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where are conidiophores found

A

end of hyphae filaments

46
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when was Penicillin discovered

47
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Who discovered Penicillin

A

Alexander Fleming

48
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how does Penicillin work as an antibiotic

A

digestive enzymes kill/deter bacterial growth

49
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Fungus Roquefort blue cheese is made from

A

Penicillium roquefortii

50
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Truffle grow underground on plant roots, how do they disperse spores

A

emit smell that attracts animals to ingest and spread them

51
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Truffle Phylum

A

Ascomycota

52
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How do yeast reproduce asexually

53
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How do yeast reproduce sexually

A

cell fusion and karyogamy in ascus

54
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yeast ferment _ to produce alcohol and CO2

55
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human uses for yeast

A

brewing, baking

56
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all yeast are not parasitic T/F

57
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Cause of yeast infections in adult males/females

58
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Ascomycota genus that causes Toenail Fungus

A

Trichophyton

59
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Ascomycota species that causes Foot Fungus

A

Trichophyton rubrum

60
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Lichen

A

mutualism between ascomycota fungi and green algea/cyanobacteria

61
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What does Fungi receive from algae in Lichen

62
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What does Algae receive form Fungi in lichen

A

water and nutrients

63
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Lichens can live in adverse conditions T/F

64
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Lichens are robust to air pollution

65
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Soredia

A

little sacs emitted from lichens that contain fungal hyphae and at least one algal cell

66
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The Club Fungi

A

Phylum Basidiomycota

67
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Mushroom Phylum

A

Basidiomycota

68
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Shelf fungi Phylum

A

Basidiomycota

69
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Puffball Phylum

A

Basidiomycota

70
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_ consist of gill/pores cap with a stem

71
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Mushroom spores produced on the _ on the gills

72
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Spores on mushrooms produced on basidia by _

73
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Where do mushroom spores fuse

A

in the soil

74
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Are mushroom spores haploid or diploid

75
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Amanita mushrooms are toxic T/F

76
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Psilocybes can cause _

A

hallucinations

77
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When puffball fungus puff spores

A

wind gusts or animal movements

78
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where do spores puff from on puffball fungus

A

fruiting bodies

79
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Phylum Glomeromycota main trait

A

asexual plant symbionts

80
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Glomeromycota are _ _ _

A

obligate mutualistic symbiosis

81
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Where do Glomeromycota grow

A

tips of tree roots

82
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What percent of plant families found to have relationship with Glomeromycota

83
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Plants gain _ from glomeromycota

A

nutrients from soil

84
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glomeromycota receive _ from plant root

85
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glomeromycotae necessary when transplanting trees T/F

86
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Arbuscular Mycorrhizae phylum

A

Glomeromycota

87
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_% of known plant species have relationship with Arbascular mycorrhizae

88
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Arbascular mycorrhizae hyphae _ plant root cells and _ into the soil

A

penetrate, extend

89
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Arbascular mycorrhizae charecterstics

A

aseptate, asexual reproduction, enable plants to colonize land

90
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This Glomeromycota genus is found in many species of forest trees

A

Ectomycorrhiza

91
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tree examples with Ectomycorrhiza

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Pine, Oak, Willow, and Birch

92
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Ectomycorrhiza hyphae _ and _ penetrate the plant root

A

surrond, do not

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