Lecture 26: Fungi

Question 1

____ are more related to animals than plants

Answer 1

fungi

Question 2

____ originated from aquatic, single-celled flagellated protists

Answer 2

fungi

Question 3

how do fungi obtain nutrients?

Answer 3

through absorption (they’re heterotrophs!)

Question 4

____ are networks of branched hyphae

Answer 4

mycelia

Question 5

___ are concentrated bodies of fungal cells

Answer 5

hyphae

Question 6

what is the part of a fungi that we see?

Answer 6

the fruiting body

Question 7

what part of a fungi do we not see (i.e the majority)?

Answer 7

the underground structure

Question 8

fungal cell walls contain _____

Answer 8

chitin

Question 9

____ divide the hyphae into cells with individual nuclei

Answer 9

septa

Question 10

____ have pores that facilitate transport/cell movement between separated cells

Answer 10

septa

Question 11

_______ lack septa, so they are polynucleic

Answer 11

coenocytic fungi

Question 12

how do fungi perform asexual reproduction?

Answer 12

moulds produce haploid spores by mitosis

Question 13

what is the largest clade of fungi?

Answer 13

ascomycetes

Question 14

_____ are a clade of fungi that produce sexual spores

Answer 14

ascomycetes

Question 15

ascomycetes produce their sexual spores in structures called _____ within their fruiting bodies, called ______

Answer 15

asci
ascocarps

Question 16

order ascocarps, sexual spores, and asci within the ascomycetes fungi

Answer 16

1. ascocarps (houses asci structures)
2. asci (produces sexual spores)
3. sexual spores

Question 17

_____ is also a clade of fungi that can reproduce sexually

Answer 17

conidia

Question 18

______ is the clade of fungi that includes mushrooms, puffballs, shelf fungi, etc.

Answer 18

basidiomycetes

Question 19

many _____ (clade) are wood decomposers

Answer 19

basidiomycetes

Question 20

in basidiomycetes, reproductive spores are produced ______

Answer 20

externally

Question 21

why are fungi important?

Answer 21

interact with other organisms to form symbiotic relationships, efficient decomposers of organic matter, cycle nutrients, are medicinal and edible!

Question 22

_____ and _____ are two forms of organic matter that humans can’t digest but fungi can!

Answer 22

cellulose and lignin