Fungi overview

Question 1

are fungi eukaryotes or prokaryotes?

Answer 1

eukaryotes

Question 2

how do fungi ingest their food?

Answer 2

secrete digestive enzymes into food source and reabsorb the nutrients

Question 3

are fungi saprophytic or parasitic?

Answer 3

can be either

Question 4

fungi are chemoheterotrophs. what does this mean?

Answer 4

they require organic matter for nutrition

non-photosynthetic

Question 5

are fungi aerobic or anaerobic?

Answer 5

most are aerobic

Question 6

how do yeasts grow and reproduce?

Answer 6

typically asexually by budding

sometimes by binary fission and can reproduce sexually

Question 7

what fungi are unicellular?

Answer 7

yeasts

Question 8

what fungi are multicellular?

Answer 8

filamentous mould

Question 9

what are hyphae?

Answer 9

fungal filaments

Question 10

what do a mass of hyphae collectively make up?

Answer 10

mycelium

Question 11

what are the two types hyphae?

Answer 11

septate

non-septate

Question 12

what is the structure of hyphae?

Answer 12

essentially a tube
rigid wall
contain septa
protoplasm tapered at the tip where growth occurs
plasma membrane is closely associated with the walls

Question 13

what is an apical vesicular cluster and what is its role?

Answer 13

an accumulation of membrane-bound vesicles at the extreme tip
plays a role in apical growth

Question 14

what is the cell wall of the hyphae composed of?

Answer 14

chitin and glucan

ergosterol

Question 15

how are spores dispersed?

Answer 15

air
water
vector

Question 16

what is the name of the asexual spores produced by ascomycota?

Answer 16

conidia

Question 17

what s the name of the sexual spores produced by ascomycota?

Answer 17

ascospores

Question 18

what kind of hyphae do ascomycota produce?

Answer 18

septate

Question 19

what is the name of the asexual spores that basidiomycota produce?

Answer 19

they dont produce any

Question 20

what is the name of the sexual spores produced by basidiomycota?

Answer 20

basidiospores

Question 21

what kind of hyphae do basidiomycota produce?

Answer 21

septate

Question 22

what is the name of the asexual spores produced by zygomycota?

Answer 22

sporangiospores

Question 23

what is the name of the sexual spores produced by zygomycota?

Answer 23

zygospores

Question 24

what kind of hyphae do zygomycota produce?

Answer 24

coenocytic

Question 25

what are the names of the asexual spores produced by glomeromycota?

Answer 25

glomerospores

Question 26

what are the names of the sexual spores produced by glomeromycota?

Answer 26

they do not produce any

Question 27

what kind of hyphae do glomeromycota produce?

Answer 27

coenocytic

Question 28

what is the name of the asexual spores produced by chytridiomycota?

Answer 28

zoospores

Question 29

what is the name of the sexual spores produced by chytridiomycota?

Answer 29

resting spore

Question 30

what kind of hyphae do chytridiomycota produce?

Answer 30

coenocytic