Exam 23: Fungi in the Natural Environment

All fungi reproduce sexually.

Fungi which develop a mutualistic relationship with the roots of vascular plants are known as which of the following?

All of these fungi are paired correctly with the division they are in except one.Choose the exception.

The great Bengal famine of 1942 was caused by the wheat rust fungus.

The spore stage of the wheat rust fungus that is called the "repeating stage" is termed the ________.

Chytridiomycetes are often parasites of other fungi.

What are facultative parasites?

Which of the following species has been the focus of research as a potential bioremediation agent?

Morels and truffles are fruiting bodies found in which group of fungi?

Asexual spores that are not formed within a sporangium are called which of the following?

Ustilago maydis is the fungus that causes ________.

Truffles are traditionally hunted in Europe by using trained pigs.

In most sexually reproducing fungi,what event immediately follows plasmogamy?

A disease caused by an ascomycete and spread by bark beetles resulting in wilting and death in trees is the ________ disease.

To which group of fungi do the brewing and baking yeasts belong?

Uredospores of the wheat rust fungus can be carried by prevailing winds for hundreds of miles.

In the oomycetes,spores may be formed from the breakup of hyphae,or on highly specialized hyphal branches often contained within fruiting bodies.

The asexual spores formed by oomycetes are called ________.

Wheat and ________ are alternate hosts for the wheat rust fungus.

________ parasites can live as saprobes but will invade living tissue when suitable hosts are available.