Fungi pp pt 5

Question 1

Phylum Basidiomycota have 22,000 species, are also called

Answer 1

Club Fungi

Question 2

Familiar toadstools, mushrooms, bracket fungi, puffballs, stinkhorns are

Answer 2

Phylum Basidiomycota Club Fungi

Question 3

Phylum Basidiomycota

Answer 3

Club Fungi

Question 4

Some Phylum Basidiomycota Club Fungi are

Answer 4

poisonous

Question 5

Some Phylum Basidiomycota Club Fungi are responsible for plant diseases such as the

Answer 5

smuts and rusts

Question 6

this disease parasitize cereal crops and can cause serious economic losses for farmers.

Answer 6

smuts and rusts

Question 7

which fungi/mushroom are especially dangerous?

Answer 7

Amanitas

Question 8

Death angel mushroom that causes 90% of the fatalities attributed to mushroom poisoning is called

Answer 8

Amanita phalloides

Question 9

Milder concerns from limited exposure of amanitas include 5

Answer 9

Abdominal pain, vomiting, delirium, and hallucinations

Question 10

Serious problems of amanitas: ingestion of significant amounts of the the poison, which inhibits RNA polymerase, leads to liver and kidney damage, death if no quick intervention takes place
true
false

Answer 10

true

Question 11

how do fungi reproduce

Answer 11

Both sexual and asexual

Question 12

three stages of sexual reproduction

Answer 12

Haploid Hyphae
Dikaryotic stage: each cell in the hyphae has two nuclei showing some resemblance to diploid cells.
Diploid Zygote

Question 13

in this stage each cell in the hyphae has two nuclei showing some resemblance to diploid cells.

Answer 13

Dikaryotic stage