Exam 32: Fungi

Fungi exist mainly in the form of slender filaments, barely visible to the naked eye, which are called _______.

Recent phylogenetic analysis has provided evidence to justify classifying microsporidians as fungi.

The fungi that cause serious plant disease, such as Dutch elm disease and chestnut blight, belong to the phylum

Select the incorrect statement related to fungi.

The rusts and smuts that seriously affect crop plants are

Ectomycorrhizae, associations in which the fungal hyphae surround but do not penetrate the cell walls of the plant roots, usually involve

In the life cycle of a zygomycete, after the zygospore is formed, the next event will be

A division of fungi that lacks septa in their hyphae except when they form sporangia or gametangia is the

Specialized symbiotic associations between the roots of plants and fungi are called

Asexual reproduction in ascomycetes takes place by means of

The symbiotic relationship between green algae or cyanobacteria and fungi produce _________________.

Which one of the following terms best applies to the fungus participant in a typical lichen?

All of the following are reproductive structures found in some fungi except

A mature walled ascus of an ascomycete usually contains

A symbiotic association between a fungus and a green alga or a cyanobacterium is called a

A mycologist visits your biology class and discusses her research on a particular fungus that lives on the bark of damaged spruce trees.She explains that the fungal hyphae of her research organism is heterokaryotic.You raise your hand and request that she define that word.Her correct response is

Which of the following fungi usually form arbuscular mycorrhizal associations in which the outer cells of the plant roots are penetrated by the fungal hyphae?

A type of fungi that has been long useful for baking, brewing, and wine making, and is now becoming very important in genetic research is _____.

A nonphotosynthetic plant sharing a mycorrhizal fungus with a photosynthetic plant is best described as a

Which molecule would be an indicator of fungal contamination in a drug preparation?