Exam 25: Fungi

Suppose you discover a fungus that makes only sexual spores (no asexual spores). The spores are made in groups of four on the tips of club-shaped structures. Into which group should you classify this fungus?

Where does production of sexual spores in basidiomycetes occur?

What is the genetic makeup of fungal spores?

Which part of a basidiomycete is the basidiocarp?

Which term refers to a single vegetative body that contains both a fungus and a green alga?

In a lichen that is in a mutually beneficial relationship, what does the mycobiont receive?

Which term refers to the fusion of the cytoplasm of two genetically different cells?

Which term refers to the tough, pliable body of a lichen?

Match each term with the most closely associated fungal phylum. Each phylum may be used once, more than once, or not at all. -zygospore

Which fungal phylum includes members that are the only ones to produce motile spores?

Suppose you discover an aquatic fungus that makes spores which use flagella to swim. Into which group should you classify this fungus?

What has the classification of fungi traditionally been based on?

Match each term with the most closely associated fungal phylum. Each phylum may be used once, more than once, or not at all. -aseptate hyphae

Describe the major roles of fungi that affect humans and their environment.

Which substance typically provides rigidity to fungal cell walls?

In eastern Oregon, the mycelium of a single individual Armillaria ostoyae covers an area of 8.9 km². Which fungal phylum does it belong to?

What is the distinctive characteristic of conidial fungi?

What has been a consequence of the disease caused by the chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis?

Match each term with the most closely associated fungal phylum. Each phylum may be used once, more than once, or not at all. -motile spores

Match each term with the most closely associated fungal phylum. Each phylum may be used once, more than once, or not at all. -ectomycorrhizae