Fungi

Question 1

Are fungi heterotrophic or autotrophic?

Answer 1

heterotrophic

Question 2

Are fungi multicellular or unicellular

Answer 2

most are multicellular

Question 3

are fungi photosynthetic

Answer 3

no

Question 4

how to fungi digest food?

Answer 4

use enzymes and absorb it

Question 5

what are saprophytes?

Answer 5

live off of dead organic matter

Question 6

Fungi cell walls are are made out of what?

Answer 6

chitin

Question 7

Fungi are composed of tiny filaments called?

Answer 7

hyphae

Question 8

What are hyphae

Answer 8

long strings of cells

Question 9

Hyphae can grow up to how much?

Answer 9

a kilometer

Question 10

How do fungi reproduce asexually?

Answer 10

release haploid spores

Question 11

example of unicellular fungi

Answer 11

yeast

Question 12

example of multicellular fungi

Answer 12

mushrooms, molds

Question 13

what is the name for the stages of a mushrooom

Answer 13

Basidiomycetes

Question 14

What is stage 1 of Basidiomycetes

Answer 14

Dikaryotic

Question 15

What does a mushroom contain in the dikaryotic stage?

Answer 15

2 haploid nuclei/cells

Question 16

What is stage 2 of Basidiomycetes

Answer 16

Diploid

Question 17

What happens in the diploid stage

Answer 17

Haploid nuclei fuse in fruiting body of mushroom forming diploid zygote

Question 18

What is stage 3 of Basidiomycetes

Answer 18

Haploid

Question 19

What happens in the haploid stage

Answer 19

zygote undergoes meisosis and forms haploid spores. Spores then germinate and fuse.

Question 20

Example of Zygomycota

Answer 20

Common mold

Question 21

How do Zygomycota reproduce?

Answer 21

conjugation

Question 22

Example of ascomycota

Answer 22

Yeast, mildew

Question 23

What are ascomycota?

Answer 23

Sac fungi which contain ascus

Question 24

What are Basidiomycota

Answer 24

Fungi which contain fruiting bodies and basidium

Question 25

What are Deuteromycota?

Answer 25

"imperfect fungi" (do not fit into the commonly established taxonomic classifications of fungi)

Question 26

Do deuteromycota reproduce sexually?

Answer 26

it has not been observed

Question 27

Example of Deuteromycota

Answer 27

Ringworm, athletes foot

Question 28

What is ascus?

Answer 28

sac like structures that contain spores

Question 29

What is basidium

Answer 29

spores bearing reproduction structures on the gills of the mushroom caps

Question 30

What are mycorrihizae?

Answer 30

fungus roots

Question 31

Mycorrhizae are _________ _________ of plant roots and fungi

Answer 31

mutualistic associations

Question 32

Almost all ________ plants have mychorrhizae

Answer 32

vascular

Question 33

Why are Fungi so important

Answer 33

they are decomposers

Question 34

Example of pathogenic fungi

Answer 34

ringworm and athletes foot. | For plants: dutch elm disease, chestnut blight

Question 35

Some species of ________ produce deadly toxins

Answer 35

mushrooms

Question 36

What is an example of an antibiotic fungi?

Answer 36

penicillium

Question 37

how does penicillium work?

Answer 37

produces enzymes that rupture bacterial cell walls

Question 38

a mass of hyphae is called?

Answer 38

mycelium