Chapter 23 - Fungi

Question 1

Ascomycete

Answer 1

A member of the fungus clade Ascomycota whose members form sexual spores in a sac-like case known as an ascus

Question 2

Ascus

Answer 2

A sac-like case in which sexual spores are formed by members of the fungus clade ascomycota

Question 3

Basidiomycete

Answer 3

a member of the fungus clade basidiomycota, which includes species that produce sexual spores in club-shaped cells known as basidia

Question 4

Basidium

Answer 4

a diploid cell, typically club-shaped, formed by members of the fungus clade basidiomycota; produces basidiospores by meiosis

Question 5

Blastoclade

Answer 5

a member of the fungus clade blastocladiomycota whose members have swimming spores with a single flagellum and ribosomes arranged to form a nuclear cap

Question 6

Chytrid

Answer 6

A member of the fungus clade Chytridomycota which includes species with flagellated swimming spores

Question 7

Glomeromycete

Answer 7

a member of the fungus clade glomeromycota, which include species that form mycorrhizal associations with plant roots and that form bush shaped branching structures inside plant cells

Question 8

Hypha

Answer 8

in fungi, a thread-like structure that consists of elongated cells, typically with many haploid nuclei; many hyphae make up the fungal body

Question 9

Mycelium

Answer 9

The body of a fungus consisting of a mass of hyphae

Question 10

Lichen

Answer 10

A symbiotic association between an alga or cyanobacterium and a fungus resulting in a composite organism

Question 11

Mycorrhiza

Answer 11

a symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a land plant that facilitates mineral extraction and absorption

Question 12

Rumen fungus

Answer 12

a member of the fungus clade neocallimastigomycota, whose members have swimming spores with multiple flagella. Rumen fungi are anaerobic and most live in the digestive tracts of plant-eating animals

Question 13

Sac fungus

Answer 13

A member of the fungus clade ascomycota whose members form spores in a sac-like case called an ascus

Question 14

Septum

Answer 14

A partition that separates the fungal hypha into individual cells; pores in septa allow the transfer of minerals between cells

Question 15

Sporangium

Answer 15

A structure in which spores are produced

Question 16

Spore

Answer 16

in plants and fungi, a haploid cell capable of developing into an adult without fusing with another cell (without fertilization)