BIOL 111 (MYCOLOGY)FUNGI LAB QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ELABORATIONS!!
Characteristics of Fungi
Answers:Eukaryotic
Multicellular (most cases)
heterotrophic
absorbs - external digestion
chitin in cell walls
haploid (most cases)
hypae v yeast
septa v coenocytic
special stage dikaryotic
Body Forms of Fungi
Answers:multicellular: hypae
single celled: yeast
Feeding for Fungi
Answers:cell bodies are tubular, allowing for nutrients to go into and travel
through the organism
3 sources of nutrients
Answers:1. Saprotrophic Fungi
2. Parasitic Fungi
3. Mutualistic Fungi
Growth
, Answers:only grow at their apex (tip)
Saprotrophic Fungi
Answers:obtain nutrition from nonliving organic materials
ex. wood, dung, fallen leaves, wrack
Decomposer Fungi
Answers:Saprotrophic
absorbing nutrients from nonliving sources, allows for nutrient recycling
Parasitic Fungi
Answers:Obtains nutrients from living sources
fungi benefits, but host is harmed
Mutualistic Fungi
Answers:both fungus and host organism benefit
Mycorrhizal and Lichens
mycorrhizal associations
Answers:tight symbiotic relationship between fungi and plants
ANSWERS ELABORATIONS!!
Characteristics of Fungi
Answers:Eukaryotic
Multicellular (most cases)
heterotrophic
absorbs - external digestion
chitin in cell walls
haploid (most cases)
hypae v yeast
septa v coenocytic
special stage dikaryotic
Body Forms of Fungi
Answers:multicellular: hypae
single celled: yeast
Feeding for Fungi
Answers:cell bodies are tubular, allowing for nutrients to go into and travel
through the organism
3 sources of nutrients
Answers:1. Saprotrophic Fungi
2. Parasitic Fungi
3. Mutualistic Fungi
Growth
, Answers:only grow at their apex (tip)
Saprotrophic Fungi
Answers:obtain nutrition from nonliving organic materials
ex. wood, dung, fallen leaves, wrack
Decomposer Fungi
Answers:Saprotrophic
absorbing nutrients from nonliving sources, allows for nutrient recycling
Parasitic Fungi
Answers:Obtains nutrients from living sources
fungi benefits, but host is harmed
Mutualistic Fungi
Answers:both fungus and host organism benefit
Mycorrhizal and Lichens
mycorrhizal associations
Answers:tight symbiotic relationship between fungi and plants