Exam 30: Fungi

A mutualistic symbiosis in which fungal hyphae penetrate plant root cells is called a(n)____.

In a lichen, the fungal partner, or mycobiont, receives ____.

The toxin found in Amanita phalloides has deadly effects on humans because it inhibits ____.

The chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is responsible for a disease that ____. ​

A single vegetative body that contains both a fungus and a green alga is called a(n)____. ​

A basidiocarp is the ____ of a basidiomycete. ​

Pathogenic members of which fungal phylum are responsible for Dutch elm disease and athlete's foot?

Mating types in fungi are generally termed ____.

Before examining a fungal cell under a microscope, you are told that it is dikaryotic. Given that, you should expect the cell to have two ____. ​

Members of which fungal phylum are the only ones to produce motile spores?

The fly agaric mushroom ( Amanita muscaria )and the death cap mushroom ( Amanita phalloides )are members of which fungal phylum?

Where does karyogamy occur in zygomycetes? ​

You discover a fungus that only makes 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? ​

Recent molecular analyses of Rozella allomycis suggest that the phylum ____ is the earliest-diverging clade of fungi. ​

A mycelium is best defined as a(n)____. ​

Mature fungal spores are ____.

Worldwide, ____ are often used as pollution-monitoring devices.