Kingdoms: Fungi

Question 0

What is the Kingdom Fungi?

Answer 0

Latin for “mushroom”
Fungi are heterotrophic
Consists of molds (multicellular), yeasts (unicellular), and mushrooms (multicellular)
Include over 10,000 different species grouped into 4 phyla that end in -mycetes (Greek for “fungus”)

Question 1

What are saprobes?

Answer 1

“Rotten livers” that release enzymes to partially digest the dead remains of organisms and absorb the nutrients as small molecules released by this digestion. Saprophytic fungi get nourishment from this procedure.

Question 2

What are the special seeds called that are released by mature fruiting bodies?

Answer 2

Spores

Question 3

What are the thin, thread-like, web-like filaments made by settled spores called?

Answer 3

Hyphae

Question 4

What are mycelium?

Answer 4

An extensive branching web-like network of thousands of filaments made from two adjacent hyphae of different mating types fusing together; it’s mostly underground.

Question 5

What’s a mushroom?

Answer 5

The fruiting body and reproductive structure of a mycelium and is actually a network of tightly packed hyphae.

Question 6

Describe the Phylum Basidiomycetes.

Answer 6

It’s typically seen in nature; it includes mushrooms, puffballs (spherical fruiting bodies that rupture, releasing spores), and shelf fungi (grows on tree bark). It gets its name from the basidia that grow from the

Question 7

What are saprobes?

Answer 7

“Rotten livers” that release enzymes to partially digest the dead remains of organisms and absorb the nutrients as small molecules released by this digestion. Saprophytic fungi get nourishment from this procedure.

Question 8

What is the Kingdom Fungi?

Answer 8

Latin for “mushroom”
Fungi are heterotrophic
Consists of molds (multicellular), yeasts (unicellular), and mushrooms (multicellular)
Include over 10,000 different species grouped into 4 phyla that end in -mycetes (Greek for “fungus”)

Question 9

What are the special seeds called that are released by mature fruiting bodies?

Answer 9

Spores

Question 10

What are the thin, thread-like, web-like filaments made by settled spores called?

Answer 10

Hyphae

Question 11

What are mycelium?

Answer 11

An extensive branching web-like network of thousands of filaments made from two adjacent hyphae of different mating types fusing together; it’s mostly underground.

Question 12

What’s a mushroom?

Answer 12

The fruiting body and reproductive structure of a mycelium and is actually a network of tightly packed hyphae.

Question 13

What are saprobes?

Answer 13

“Rotten livers” that release enzymes to partially digest the dead remains of organisms and absorb the nutrients as small molecules released by this digestion. Saprophytic fungi get nourishment from this procedure.

Question 14

What is the Kingdom Fungi?

Answer 14

Latin for “mushroom”
Fungi are heterotrophic
Consists of molds (multicellular), yeasts (unicellular), and mushrooms (multicellular)
Include over 10,000 different species grouped into 4 phyla that end in -mycetes (Greek for “fungus”)

Question 15

What are the special seeds called that are released by mature fruiting bodies?

Answer 15

Spores

Question 16

What are the thin, thread-like, web-like filaments made by settled spores called?

Answer 16

Hyphae

Question 17

What are mycelium?

Answer 17

An extensive branching web-like network of thousands of filaments made from two adjacent hyphae of different mating types fusing together; it’s mostly underground.

Question 18

What’s a mushroom?

Answer 18

The fruiting body and reproductive structure of a mycelium and is actually a network of tightly packed hyphae.