Kingdom Fungi Flashcards
1
Q
Are fungi closely related to plants?
A
No.
2
Q
Does fungi produce their own food?
A
Yes.
3
Q
Does mycorrhizal fungi improve plant growth?
A
Yes.
4
Q
Does fungi store food as glucose?
A
No.
5
Q
What are cell walls of fungi made of?
A
Chitin.
6
Q
What are the individual filaments that make up fungi?
A
Hyphae.
7
Q
Is a mushroom the reproductive structure in fungi?
A
Yes.
8
Q
What are the five fungal groups?
A
Chytrids. Ascomycetes. Basidiomycetes. Zygomycetes. Glomeromycetes.
9
Q
Which group contains the largest amount of species?
A
Ascomycetes.
10
Q
What is the term used to describe when the hyphae of two different mating types fuse together and join cytoplasms?
A
Plasmogamy.
11
Q
Fungi are decomposers meaning they are____
A
Saprophytic
