Lesson 14 terms

Question 1

Ascoma

Answer 1

the fruiting body of the sac fungi

Question 2

Ascus

Answer 2

Ascus

the sac where spores are formed

Question 3

Basidiospores

Answer 3

released in the air and germinate producing plus or minus mating types

Question 4

Cap

Answer 4

The fruiting body of the club fungi includes

Question 5

Conidia

Answer 5

spores produced at the tip of the hyphae in conidiophores

Question 6

Conidiophores

Answer 6

produce conidia

Question 7

Dikaryotic hyphae

Answer 7

two nuclei per cell, one from each mating type

Question 8

Fragmentation

Answer 8

occurs when fragments of hyphae split off and form new colonies

Question 9

Fruiting body

Answer 9

The reproductive structure of a fungus that produces spores

Question 10

Gills

Answer 10

The fruiting body of the club fungi includes

Question 11

Hyphae

Answer 11

filaments that make up the body of a fungus

Question 12

monokaryotic hyphae

Answer 12

hyphae which are comprised of a cell with a single nucleus

Question 13

Mycelia

Answer 13

masses of intertwined hyphae

Question 14

Osmotrophy

Answer 14

the process by which fungi absorb nutrients through their cell membranes

Question 15

Phylum ascomycota

Answer 15

sac fungi; responsible for serious plant diseases like the Dutch elm disease and chestnut blight

Question 16

Rhizoids

Answer 16

a root like structure; grows into the food source and consume the food via external digestion

Question 17

Saprophytes eat

Answer 17

eat decaying leaves and plant matter

Question 18

Septate

Answer 18

fungi with hyphae divided into individual cells by cell walls

Question 19

non-septate

Answer 19

fungi with multiple nuclei in one big hyphae

Question 20

Sporangiophore

Answer 20

specialized hyphae where sporangia are found

Question 21

Sporangium

Answer 21

spore capsule

Question 22

Stipe

Answer 22

The fruiting body of the club fungi includes

Question 23

Stolon

Answer 23

hyphae that spread out in search of a food source

Question 24

Zygosporangium

Answer 24

a sporangium in which zygospores are produced

Question 25

Zygospore

Answer 25

a special type of spore for developing zygotes