Quiz 2 - Ex. 4 & 5

Question 1

What are the filaments found in fungi called? (4)

Answer 1

Hyphae

• Have a cell wall comprised of the polysaccharide chitin
• Individual hyphae with regular cross-walls are called septate

Question 2

What is a network of hyphae called? (4)

Answer 2

Mycellium

Question 3

What are fungi that commonly form mycellium called? (4)

Answer 3

Molds

Question 4

Chytridomycota (4)

Answer 4

Simplest of fungi, have motile zoospores w/ flagella, sexual & asexual

Question 5

Zygomycota (4)

Answer 5

Common in soil & decaying plant material, hyphae lack cross-walls, sexual & asexual, bread mold “Rhizopius” is part of this

Question 6

Ascomycota (4)

Answer 6

Sac-like reproductive structure call the ascus, major decomposers, sexual & asexual, Aspergillus & Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Question 7

Basidiomycota (4)

Answer 7

Club fungi, spore-producing structure called the basidium, sexual & asexual, Cryptococcus neoformans & mushrooms

Question 8

Name a fungi containing condidophores

Answer 8

Aspergillus

Question 9

Name a fungi containing sporangiophores

Answer 9

Rhisopus nigricans

Question 10

Stolon

Answer 10

Connects adjacent rhizoids