Kingdom Fungi Flashcards
What type of organisms are included in Kingdom Fungi?
Eukaryotic organisms which lack chlorophyll.
What are the two forms of organisms found in Kingdom Fungi?
Unicellular or multicellular.
What are the thread-like structures in fungi called?
Hyphae.
What is the mass of hyphae called?
Mycelium.
What type of nutrition do fungi exhibit?
Heterotrophic nutrition.
What is saprophytic nutrition?
Nutrition derived from dead decaying matter.
What is parasitic nutrition?
Nutrition derived from other living organisms.
Name three examples of fungi.
- Yeast
- Rhizopus
- Mushrooms
What is Rhizopus commonly known as?
Bread mould.
What are the long filaments that compose moulds called?
Hyphae.
What is formed when mould hyphae are numerous enough?
A cottony mass called mycelium.
What are the hyphae that grow downwards over the surface called?
Rhizoids.
What are the hyphae that grow upwards and form slender columns called?
Sporangiophore.
What is the oval structure at the tip of each sporangiophore called?
Sporangium.
What do sporangia bear?
Black-coloured spores.
What happens to the spores liberated from sporangia?
They germinate into new hyphae when they land on suitable organic matter.
Fill in the blank: The _______ is a collection of hyphae in fungi.
Mycelium.
True or False: Fungi can perform photosynthesis.
False.
