Fungi 2

Question 1

Most chytrids are

Answer 1

aquatic and produce flagellated spores during both asexual and sexual reproduction

Question 2

How do Rumen Fungi help plant eating animals

Answer 2

The fungi produce enzymes that digest cellulose which nourishes both the fungi and their hosts

Question 3

How does the mycorrhiza symbotic relationship help the plant species?

Answer 3

Their hyphae penetrate the root cells with microscopic branching structures which provide nutrients and water

Question 4

Asexual reproduction involves the ____ production of haploid spores from the tips of hyphae outside the plant tissue

Answer 4

mitotic

Question 5

The basidiomycetes are called because they produce club-shaped reproductive structures called basidia

Answer 5

club fungi

Question 6

This group includes mushrooms, puffballs, shelf fungi, rusts, and smuts

Answer 6

Basidiomycetes

Question 7

Their fruiting bodies contain the basidia which release the basidiospore

Answer 7

basidiospore

Question 8

The ____ are called “sac fungi” because they produce sac-shaped spore cases from rubbery fruiting bodies

Answer 8

ascomycetes