Exam 30: Fungi

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

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

The ____ hypothesis predicts that ecosystem functions will be maintained more reliably in natural communities when multiple species perform a given ecological function but differ in their responses to environmental changes.

Yeast are ____.

In fungi, both asexual and sexual spores are haploid, and both can germinate into diploid individuals.

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?

Asexually produced spores will result in offspring that ____.

Multicellular fungi grow as branching filaments called ____.

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

Organisms traditionally called mushrooms, as well as shelf fungi, coral fungi, bird's nest fungi, stinkhorns, and puffballs, are all members of which fungal phylum?

Mature fungal spores are ____.

Why is the term "conidial fungi" confusing?

What are the different ways in which species of Penicillium are important to humans?

In a lichen, the photosynthetic partner, or photobiont, usually receives ____.

Which fungal phylum has the most known living species?

Which fungal phylum has the fewest known living species, even though they collectively make up roughly half of the fungi in the soil?

The process in fungi that allows nutrients to flow from food-absorbing parts of the fungal body to other, nonabsorptive, parts is referred to as ____.

The black bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer and dung-infesting fungi of the genus Pilobolus are members of which fungal phylum?

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

The study of fungi is called ____.