Exam 18: Fungi Invade the Land

Fungi differ from plants in all the following ways except:

There are _______________ species found in the basidiomycetes.

Which structure is typical of the basidiomycetes but not the other two groups?

How are fungi used by humans?

The _________________ are fungi that have lost the ability to reproduce sexually.

A fungal __________ is light enough to be carried for miles in the wind,dispersing the fungus to new areas.

The septa in hyphae:

Fungi and ______ are the main decomposers in the biosphere.

Fungi obtain nutrients by _______________ digestion.

The process by which a single cell differentiates into a specialized multicellular organism is:

An ___________ is a reproductive structure found only in the ascomycetes.

Any unicellular fungus is called:

Fungi are at least _____ million years old.

The fungus from which penicillin is derived belongs to the _____________.

Chytrids:

The relationship between plant roots and fungi can best be described as:

The fungi that cause athlete's foot and ringworm are members of which group?

The typical mushrooms,but not truffles or morels,belong to the:

Why might multicellularity be advantageous to an organism?

There are ____________ different described species of fungi.