Exam 25: Fungi

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

Which group includes the bread mould Rhizopus?

Where does production of sexual spores in ascomycetes occur?

Which fungi most often engage in mycorrhizae?

According to the fossil record, which of the following were common among ancient land plants?

What is the genetic makeup of fungal spores?

What is the name of the multicellular fungi that grow as branching filaments?

All known members of which fungal phylum form mutualistic associations with plant roots?

Which fungal phylum are the structures called arbuscules associated with?

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

Where does production of asexual spores in ascomycetes often occur?

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

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

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

Which term refers to a mutualistic symbiosis where fungal hyphae penetrate plant root cells?

Which type of habitat lifestyle did the first fungi probably have?

Which term correctly describes yeast?

Which fungal phylum includes the fly agaric mushroom (Amanita muscaria) and the death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides)?

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

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