Exam 30: Fungi

Some members of the ____ phylum can trap small worms, which are then digested.

Where does karyogamy occur in ascomycetes?

Fungal ____ live within leaves or other plant tissues, appearing to form a mutually beneficial symbiotic association.

In a lichen, the fungal partner, or mycobiont, receives ____.

Production of sexual spores in ascomycetes occurs in ____.

Creation of a special, resistant zygospore during sexual reproduction is characteristic of members of which fungal phylum?

A mycobiont, the fungal partner in a lichen, makes up about 10% of the vegetative body resulting from an association between a fungus and a photosynthetic partner.

Molecular relationships and other studies have allowed for many conidial fungi to be reclassified into a fungal phylum. Most of these reclassified conidial fungi have turned out to belong to ____.

Pathogenic members of which fungal phylum are responsible for Dutch elm disease and athlete's foot?

Traditionally, classification of fungi has been based on ____.

Recent molecular analyses of Rozella allomycis suggest that the phylum ____ is the earliest-diverging clade of fungi.

Single-celled parasites known as ____ infect insects, fish, and humans (especially those with compromised immune systems).

All known members of the phylum ____ form mutualistic associations with plant roots.

Where does karyogamy occur in zygomycetes?

The grouping "conidial fungi," also known as "imperfect fungi" or deuteromycetes, is a convenience grouping for fungi that are not classified in other groups, because the conidial fungi ____.

The chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is responsible for a disease that ____.

Members of which fungal phylum are also called club fungi?

Parasitism is a type of symbiotic association.

The carbon source for saprobes is dead organic material.

You discover a fungus that makes mainly asexual spores, but that occasionally makes sexual spores. When produced, the sexual spores come out of a thickened, hardened structure. A close examination of hyphae of this fungus reveals no septa. Into which group should you classify this fungus?