Fungal Diversity

Question 1

Five groups of fungi

Answer 1

Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota, Glomeromycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota

Question 2

Vegetative body

Answer 2

Thallus

Question 3

Small rudimentary hyphae-like structures

Answer 3

Rhizoids

Question 4

Asexual spore-producing body

Answer 4

Sporangium

Question 5

Spores with flagella

Answer 5

Zoospores

Question 6

Hyphae

Answer 6

Long, branching filamentous-structure, main mode of vegetative growth

Question 7

Aseptate

Answer 7

Lacking cross-walls (septa) with nuclei contained in common cytoplasm

Question 8

Mycelium

Answer 8

Mass of often-interconnected branching hyphae

Question 9

Specialized hyphae bearing sporangium

Answer 9

Sporangiophore

Question 10

Thick-walled diploids spore, resting spore under unfavourable conditions

Answer 10

Zygospore

Question 11

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Answer 11

Beneficial and obligate plant symbionts that enable uptake of minerals

Question 12

Arbuscule

Answer 12

Specialized structure that forms in plant root cells, site of nutrient exchange

Question 13

Charophytes

Answer 13

Complex algal lineages, mostly multicellular and freshwater

Question 14

Cryptogamic soil crusts

Answer 14

Complex microbial communities of fungi and algae, live in shallow waters/moist environments

Question 15

Sexual spore-bearing cells of Ascomycetes

Answer 15

Asci

Question 16

Spores of Ascomycetes

Answer 16

Ascospores

Question 17

Septate hyphae

Answer 17

Internal walls of fungal filament

Question 18

Yeast

Answer 18

Unicellular fungi that evolved from multicellular ancestors

Question 19

Sporocarp

Answer 19

Multicellular structure bearing spore-producing structures

Question 20

Stalk/stem

Answer 20

Stipe

Question 21

Cap

Answer 21

Pileus

Question 22

Gills

Answer 22

Lamellae

Question 23

Club-shaped structures that produce basidiospores

Answer 23

Basidia