Exam 19: Kingdom Fungi

Bread molds absorb most of their food in solution.

Which of the following is a fungal protuberance that penetrates another organism's cells and aids in digestion of the penetrated cells?

Upright hyphae that produce sporangia at their tips are known as

Heterotrophs that have chitin in their cell walls belong to the group commonly called

Penicillium mold growing on an agar plate inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus bacteria and led to the concept of

Bird's-nest fungi resemble tiny birds' nests.

A fungus closely related to Penicillium and used to make soy sauce (shoyu)is

Rhizines are often present in which of the following lichen thallus layers?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of organisms in Kingdom Fungi?

The characteristic reproductive structure produced by fungi in the phylum __________, the coenocytic true fungi, is the ______________.

The form of the reproductive structure of the Basidiomycota give this phylum the common name of the ___________________

Mushrooms that are reported to have more than twice the nutritional value of common edible mushrooms are

One group of fungi implicated in the worldwide decline of amphibians, particularly frogs, is the _______.

Which of the following was the first antibiotic isolated from a fungus?

Lichens are classified into groups based on their evolutionary relationships.

Human consumers of fungi are known as

Truffles are the reproductive bodies of

Stinkhorns belong to the

In mushrooms, meiosis takes place in this structure.

Yeasts reproduce primarily by means of spores produced within basidia.