Evolution

Question 1

Basal fungi group

Answer 1

Opisthosporidia

Question 2

Three basal fungi groups

Answer 2

Microsporidia, Cryptomycota, Aphelia

Question 3

Oldest fungi-like fossils

Answer 3

2.4 billion years

Question 4

Prototaxites

Answer 4

Genus of extinct giant terrestrial fungi similar to Ascomycetes

Question 5

Simple muticellularity

Answer 5

Each cell able to interact with environment to gain oxygen and nutrients

Question 6

Complex multicellularity

Answer 6

Organism with cells that share contact with other cells only

Question 7

Oomycetes

Answer 7

Protists in the same group as algae, golden algae, and diatoms, many are known pathogens

Question 8

Potato late blight scientific name

Answer 8

Phytophthora infestans

Question 9

Reproductive organs of oomycetes

Answer 9

Antheridia and oogonia

Question 10

Chlamydospore

Answer 10

Thick-walled resting spore

Question 11

Cellular slime molds

Answer 11

Informal group of amoebozoan protists

Question 12

Model cellular slime mold

Answer 12

Dictyostelium discoideum

Question 13

Plasmodial slime molds

Answer 13

Polyphyletic group of amoeba-like organisms

Question 14

Aseptate hyphae-like structure in plasmodial slime molds

Answer 14

Plasmodiocarp