Test for Module 10 Flashcards
large, multicellular marine algae
seaweeds
symbiotic relationships between fungal hyphae and plant roots
mycorrhizae
A fungus that forms a ___ within the outer layers of human skin is the cause of athlete’s foot.
myclium
What does balantidium coli cause?
dysentery
Humans use fungi as
flavoring in certain foods, a source of antibiotics, ingredients in baking and brewing
What is the function of the fruiting body of the mushroom?
producing spores
What is the function of the mycelium?
feeding structure of the fungi
Name five organisms in kingdom Protista that are pathogenic.
entamoeba, trypanosoma, balantidium coli, plasmodium, toxoplasma
What does plasmodium cause?
malaria
Based on nutrition, slime molds belong to which group of protists?
fungus-like
plant-like protists
algae
threadlike structures making up the bodies of most fungi
hyphae
animal-like protists
protozoans
a mutualistic pairing of a fungus and an alga
lichen
Identify the organism
paramecium
What does toxoplasma cause?
toxoplasmosis
What does entamoeba cause?
dysentery
Identify Structure B
mycelium
Identify Structure A
fruiting body of the mushroom
What are mushrooms?
fungal fruiting bodies
Name some maladies caused by pathogenic fungi
crop damage from rusts or smuts, chestnut blight, dutch elm diseas, ergot of rye, potato wart, Athlete’s foot, ringworm, funcal infections caused by Candida yeast, Cordyceps infections in insects
interwoven mat of hyphae that functions as a feeding structure of a fungus
mycelium
mostly microscopic photosynthetic organisms that drift or swim near the surface of ponds, lakes, and oceans
phytophankton
What is a dark fuzz that grows very rapidly on bread an example of?
mold
eukaryotes that are not animals, plants, or fungi
protists
What group of animal-like protists captures its food using pseudopods?
sarcodines
What is a type of unicellular plant-like protist with beautiful glass-like cell walls?
diatom
single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by simple cell division or by pinching of small “buds” from a parent cell
yeast
What does trypanosoma cause?
African sleeping sickness
What is the contractile vacuole used to do?
maintain water balance
What group of protists does the paramecium belong to?
animal-like protists or protozoans
