Kingdom Fungi

Question 1

How do fungi grow?

Answer 1

Hypha sections come together to make a string like structure

Hypha then weave together like fabric to create fungal tissue

Question 2

Spores

Answer 2

Structures that are produced but they go into dormancy

Question 3

Myc?

Answer 3

Means fungi

Question 4

Zygomycetes

Answer 4

Simplest (ex. Bread-mold and pilobolous)

Question 5

Pilobolous special requirements

Answer 5

1. To grow- spores have to pass through digestive system of a grazing herbivore
2. To shoot- will only shoot at light

Question 6

Ascmyceles

Answer 6

Truffle, morels, Dutch elms disease, chestnut blight, food spoilage mold

Question 7

Basidiomycetes

Answer 7

Basidio- club (because they look like clubs)

Mushroom, shelf fungi, puffballs

Question 8

Deuteromycetes

Answer 8

Imperfect fungi and asexual

Penicillium, athletes foot, ring worm

Question 9

Mutualisms

Answer 9

Mycorrhizae

Lichen

Question 10

Mycorrhizae

Answer 10

Has a relationship with about 80% of plants
Benefits received:
-fungi: sugar from photosynthesis (assists in decomposing)
-plant: available nutrients (esp. Phosphorus and metals)

Question 11

Lichens

Answer 11

Fungi + algae or Cyanobacteria
Benefits received:
-fungi: sugars
-a or c: moist home

Question 12

Forms of lichens

Answer 12

Crustation- looks crusty
Foliose- looks like leaves
Fruticose- looks shrubby

Question 13

Why we need fungi?

Answer 13

Bread, alcohol and cheese

Penicillin and antibiotics

Question 14

Fungi: common representative?

Answer 14

Mushroom, mold, yeast

Question 15

Fungi: prokaryotic or eukaryotic?

Answer 15

Eukaryotic

Question 16

Fungi: number of cells?

Answer 16

1 to many

Question 17

Fungi: cell walls?

Answer 17

Yes (chitin)

Question 18

Fungi: autotrophic or heterotrophic?

Answer 18

Heterotrophic

Question 19

Fungi: habitat or environment?

Answer 19

Moist

Question 20

Fungi: role in ecosystem?

Answer 20

Decomposers

Question 21

Fungi: complexity?

Answer 21

Moderate