Chapter 22 -4

Question 1

Phylum Glomeromycota aka?

Answer 1

asexual plant sybionts

Question 2

Phylum glomeromycota obligate mutualistic symbiosis betweeN?

Answer 2

fungi & tree roots

Question 3

Gomeromycota relationship is found in?

Answer 3

90% of all plant families

Question 4

How does the Glomeromycota relationship work?

Answer 4

fungi assists in getting nutrients from the soil and receives sugar from the root

Question 5

What is essential in tree transplants?

Answer 5

glomeromycota

Question 6

What does AM fungus stand for?

Answer 6

arbuscular mycorrhizae

Question 7

AM fungus relationships found in?

Answer 7

70% of all plant species

Question 8

What happens in AM fungus?

Answer 8

fungal hyphae penetrate the cells of the plant root and extend into the soil

Question 9

Characteristics of AM fungus?

Answer 9

aseptate
asexual
allowed plants to colonize the land

Question 10

Where is ectomycorrhiza found?

Answer 10

in many species of forest trees

Question 11

What are examples of ectomycorrhiza?

Answer 11

pine, oak, willow, birch

Question 12

What happens in ectomycorrhiza?

Answer 12

hyphae surround but do not penetrate the plant root

Question 13

Ectomycorrhiza are mostly?

Answer 13

basidiomycota (mushroom)