Unit 2 Flashcards
Hyphae is to mycelium as blood vessels is to..
The circulatory system
Roles of fungi include…
Decomposition and Commercial Production
What is the division of club fungi?
Basidiomycota
Why are Deuteromycota considered “imperfect”?
The lack a sexual stage
What organisms make up lichen?
Algae and fungi
Mycorrihzal fungi form mutualistic associations with what…?
Root systems of plants
Name macronutrients.
Phosphorus
Nitrogen
Hydrogen
Loam is composed of…?
Sand
Silt
And clay
What hormone prepares a plant for dormancy?
Abscisic acid
What form of tropism involves growth toward touch?
Thigmotropism
What is the dominant generation of mosses and relatives?
Gametophyte generation
What is required for the reproduction of mosses?
Water
Is a club moss a moss?
No
How do mosses acquire water?
Diffusion
Hornworts, members of division, and antherocerophyta have what?
Horn-shaped sporophyte stage
Whiskferns have underground stems called..?
Rhizomes
What structure catapults airborne spores?
Sorus
What allows ferns to grown in different environments from the mosses?
Vascular tissue
Lycopodium, the club miss, belongs to what group?
Pteridophytes