Fungi

Question 1

What is the filamentous body of fungi called?

Answer 1

mycelia

Question 2

The filaments making up mycelia are called?

Answer 2

hyphae

Question 3

How do fungi obtain energy/digest food?

Answer 3

secreting digestive enzymes outside their bodies and absorbing the liberated nutrients.

Question 4

What do the pores in the septa allow?

Answer 4

cytoplasmic streaming

Question 5

Cytoplasmic streaming

Answer 5

The directed flow of cytosol (the liquid component of the cytoplasm) and organelles around large fungal and plant cells through the mediation of actin. This movement aids in the delivery of nutrients, metabolites, genetic information, and other materials to all parts of the cell. Cytoplasmic streaming occurs along actin filaments in the cytoskeleton of the cell.

Question 6

Three main ways fungi get nutrients.

Answer 6

Breaking down dead matter. Parasitism. Mutualistic relationships.

Question 7

T/F Almost every biological material can be utilized for nutrients by at least one fungi?

Answer 7

True

Question 8

T/F Fungi produce embryos in their life cycle.

Answer 8

False, they mass produce spores

Question 9

Fungal Spores are dispersed in what 4 ways?

Answer 9

Wind. Water. Spewing. Digestive track of animals.

Question 10

T/F Fungal spores are everywhere?

Answer 10

True.

Question 11

What are the two modes of fungal reproduction?

Answer 11

Sexual and Asexual.

Question 12

Fungi cell walls are made of?

Answer 12

Chitin, a carbohydrate, and the same material that makes up the exoskeleton of insects.

Question 13

Where are fungi’s spores produced?

Answer 13

in the mycelium

Question 14

What are fruiting bodies?

Answer 14

temporary structures that protect the fungus during reproduction.

Question 15

Fungi spend most of their life in a feeding form called_____ but send up ______ to release _____.

Answer 15

hyphae, fruiting bodies, spores

Question 16

Are fungi heterotrophs or autotrophs?

Answer 16

heterotrophs

Question 17

How do fungi “digest” their food?

Answer 17

they digest prior to eating, then taking it in through absorption.

Question 18

How do fungi get their nutrients and energy?

Answer 18

absorption. The process begins with the release of digestive enzymes, from the fungus, through their cell walls to digest food that is around them. The digested food is them “absorbed” through their cell wall.