Lab 3/4/5: RO INFO

Question 1

Rhizopus

Answer 1

Habitat: bread
Food: extracellular digest (saprotroph)
Reproduction: sexual(conjugation and asexual(spores)

Question 2

Sordaria

Answer 2

Habitat: Poop
Food: saprotroph
Reproduction: sexual(ascocarp) a
adaptation:

Question 3

aguricus

Answer 3

Habitat: terrestrial
Food: saprotroph
Reproduction: hyphae –> basidocarp –> spores
adaptation: Spore size

Question 4

polytrichum

Answer 4

Habitat: acidic soil/terrestrial
Food: gametophytes - photosynthetic
Sporophytes - relies on gametophyte for nourishment
adaptation: calyptra - protective cap
operculum - exposes spores

Question 5

Lycopodium

Answer 5

Habitat: Forests
Food: Gametophyte photosynth
adaptation: read
reproduction: read

Question 6

polypodium

Answer 6

Habitat: Tropical forest
Food: Photo/xylem/phloem
Reproduction: ?
adaptation: read

Question 7

Picea

Answer 7

Habitat: boreal forest
Food: photo/xylem/phloem
Reproduction: read
adaptation: read

Question 8

Lab 3 RO’s and their traits

Answer 8

Chytrids, rhizopus, Sordaria, aguricus
Euk
hetero
septate
uninucleate

Question 9

Lab 4 RO’s and their traits

Answer 9

lycopodium, polypodium, polytrichum(gamete/non-vasc)
euk
auto
multicellular
vascular
sporophyte