INTRODUCTION TO MYCOLOGY

Question 1

Fungi are:
A. Prokaryotic
B. Eukaryotic

Answer 1

B. Eukaryotic

Note: Most are obligate or facultative aerobes

Question 2

Fungi are
A. Chemotrophs
B. Heterotrophs
C. Autotrophs

Answer 2

A. Chemotrophs

; secrete enzymes that degrade a wide variety of organic substrates into soluble nutrients which are then passively absorbed or taken into the cell by active transport

Question 3

Fungal cell wall content:”

Answer 3

Chitin

Bacteria: peptidoglycan

Question 4

Spores in fungi are used for:

Answer 4

Reproduction; sexual and asexual spores for reproduction

Question 5

Two (2) basic forms of Fungi:

Answer 5

1. Mold
2. Yeast

Question 6

A fungal form that grows at room temperature:

Answer 6

Mold

Question 7

Fungal form that grows at body temperature:

Answer 7

Yeast

Question 8

Growth in mold form occurs by the production of multicellular filamentous colonies consisting of branching cylindric tubules called ______.

Answer 8

Hyphae

Question 9

The mass of intertwined hyphae:

Answer 9

Mycelium

Question 10

Two (2) types of mycelia that differ in function:

Answer 10

1. Vegetative hyphae (nutrition)
2. Aerial hyphae (reproduction)

Question 11

most hyphae are divided into _____.

Answer 11

Septa/Septate

Question 12

Most yeasts reproduce by:

Answer 12

Budding

Question 13

Some species produce buds that characteristically fail to detach and become elongated; this continuation of the budding process produces chains of elongated yeast cells called __________.

Answer 13

Pseudohyphae

Question 14

Spores are derived from:
1. Asexual reproduction (____________)
2. Sexual reproduction (___________)

Answer 14

Spores are derived from
1. Asexual reproduction (ANAMORPHIC)
2. Sexual reproduction (TELEOMORPHIC)

Question 15

A unicellular or multicellular spore that is not enclosed in a sac:

Answer 15

Conidiospores (conidia)

Question 16

Conidia are produced in a chain at the end of aerial hyphae called ___________:

Answer 16

conidiophores

Question 17

Example of a fungi that has conidiophore:

Answer 17

Aspergillus

Question 18

Formed by fragmentation of septate hyphae into single cells:

Answer 18

Arthrospores (arthroconidia)

Question 19

Example of fungi that has arthroconidia:

Answer 19

Coccidioides immitis (Barrel-shaped)

Question 20

Buds from parent cell, found in some yeasts

Answer 20

Blastospores (blastoconidia)

Question 21

Example of a fungi that has blstospores:

Answer 21

Cryptococcus

Question 22

Thick-walled spore, formed by rounding and enlargement within a hyphal segment:

Answer 22

Chlamydospores (chlamydoconidia)

Question 23

Example of fungi that has chlamydospores:

Answer 23

Candida albicans

Question 24

Formed within a sporangium (sac)

Answer 24

Sporangiospore

Question 25

Example of a fungi that has sporangiophore:

Answer 25

Rhizopus

Question 26

Two (2) major types of asexual (anamorphic) spores;

Answer 26

1. Conidia
2. Sporangiospores