Chapter 16: Fungi Test Review

The spore-producing structures of fungi are called (a) fruiting bodies (b) mycelia (c) septa (d) lichen

Fruiting bodies

Stolons are hyphae that connect groups of (a) spores (b) bracket fungi (c) mycelia (d) rhizoids

Rhizoids

A lichen is a symbiotic association between a fungus and what organism Protist photosynthetic organism button mushrooms mycorrhizae

photosynthetic organism

What is a familiar club fungus? (a) rhizoid (b) mold (c) mushroom (d) arthrobotyrs  

Mushrooms

The process by which a smaller cell breaks away from a larger cell in some yeast is called (a) budding (b) fusion (c) conjugation (d) fertilization

Budding

Fungi that do not undergo sexual reproduction are known as (a) sac fungi (b) imperfect fungi (c) common molds (d) club fungi

imperfect fungi

Fungi that feed on living hosts can be parasites, mutualistic partners, or (a) saprophytes (b) autotrophs (c) predators (d) zygospores

predators

Fungi are grouped into divisions based primarily on their method of reproduction (b) cell structure (c) ways of getting nutrients (d) appearance

method of reproduction

What are the reproductive cells of fungi called (a) buds (b) rhizoids (c) hyphae (d) spores

spores

What structures in club fungi produce spores? (a) stolons (b) zygospores (c) basidia (d) asci

basidia

Fungi differ from plants in that they do not reproduce by seeds, and the cell walls of almost all fungi contain (a) Chitin (b) Chloroplasts (c) Chlorophyll (d) Cellulose

Chitin

What organism digest and absorbs nutrients from dead organisms? (a) mycelium (b) saprophyte (c) fruiting body (d) septa

saprophyte

The tiny tubes filled with cytoplasm and nuclei that form the body of fungus are called (a) hyphae (b) rhizoids (c) fruiting bodies (d) mycelia

hyphae

Septa are the walls that divide some (a) mycorrhizae (b) stolon basidia (c) mycelia (d) hyphae

hyphae

A zygospore of a fungus is a resting state that contains a sporangium which produces many (a) parasite (b) spores (c) nuclei (d) cysts

spores

Hyphae tangle and interweave to form a mass known as a (a) mycelium (b) basidium (c) rhizoid (d) fruiting body

mycelium

By fusing their nuclei and through meiosis, spores of a sac fungi form a(n) (a) basidium (b) stolon (c) septum (d) ascus

ascus

Bread mold and mildew are (a) imperfect fungi (b) club fungi (c) common molds (d) sac fungi

common molds

Root-like hyphae that absorb nutrients and anchor a fungus to its food source.

Rhizoids

Specialized hyphae that transport nutrients throughout the fungus

Stolons

Type of spore that can survive for many years in harsh conditions.

Zygospore

Haploid reproductive cells that can develop into a new fungus

Spores

Mass of interwoven hyphae that make up the body of a fungus

Mycellium

Organism that digest and absorbs nutrients from dead organisms

Saprophyte

Wall that divide fungal hyphae into segments

Septa

Organism that absorbs nutrients from living host, harming the host.

Parasite

Individual filaments containing cytoplasm and nuclei that make Individual filaments containing cytoplasm and nuclei that make up fungi.

Hyphae

Type of relationship in which an organism absorbs nutrients from Type of relationship in which an organism absorbs nutrients from living host while providing the host with needed materials.

Mutualisitic

Specialized hyphae, found in most fungi that release reproductive Specialized hyphae, found in most fungi that release reproductive cells.

Sporangia

Saclike structure containing nuclei produced during reproduction Saclike structure containing nuclei produced during reproduction of some fungi

Ascus

Spore-producing structure found in club fungi

Basidium

Final Question

What are the three main components to fungi.

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