BIO 211 EXAM 3 (IOWA STATE,
COLBERT) QUESTIONS & A+ GRADED
ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
Phylum Basidiomycota - correct answer ✔✔1. These are "Club Fungi"
2. They have 32,000 known species
-These include mushrooms, puffballs, shelf fungi, and rusts
-Some species ectomycorrhizae
-Some are pathogens
-Important decomposers for wood
white rot fungi - correct answer ✔✔A group of basidiomycete fungi that possess the enzymes
required to degrade lignin, which helps it decompose wood.
Why are the vast majority of coal deposits older than about 280 million years? - correct answer
✔✔Because white rot fungi has the ability to degrade lignin.
What is a dikaryotic cell? - correct answer ✔✔They are two haploid nuclei that are in each cell
for the portion of the life cycle.
What is plasmogamy? - correct answer ✔✔when fusion of cytoplasm has occurred by
karyogamy has not.
What is karyogamy? - correct answer ✔✔fusion of nuclei
,dikaryotic hyphae - correct answer ✔✔Check slide 8 of the Fungi-Basdiomycota and
Ascomycota Slide Show for more in depth photo.
How are basidiocarps formed? - correct answer ✔✔They form through dikaryotic hyphae.
Meiosis occurs inside the basidia to form 4 basidiospores
Basidiomycota sexual reproduction - correct answer ✔✔What is this an example of?
-For a better example look at slide 10 of the third powerpoint for this unit.
Do fungi have male and female types? - correct answer ✔✔They have genetically but not
morphologicaly distinct mating types
-Male and Female do not apply
basidia - correct answer ✔✔This is an example of what?
Basidiocarps- Mushrooms - correct answer ✔✔This is an example of what?
Hygrocybe collucera (Outstanding Mushroom) - correct answer ✔✔This is an example of what?
How are fungi bioluminescence? - correct answer ✔✔Luciferin is reduced and becomes oxidized
by light
Hallucinogenic mushrooms - correct answer ✔✔What is this?
What is psilocybin? - correct answer ✔✔It is produced by a mushroom and metabolized in a
human cell to 4-hydroxyldimethyltryptamine.
, -Causes Hallucinations
Amanita phalloides (death cap) - correct answer ✔✔What is the most poisonous mushroom?
alpha-amanitin - correct answer ✔✔blocks mRNA synthesis by binding preferentially to RNA
polymerase II
-Causes total liver and kidney failure
maiden veil fungus - correct answer ✔✔What is this?
Coral Fungus-Basidiocarps - correct answer ✔✔What is this?
shelf fungi
basidiomycota - correct answer ✔✔What is this?
Stinkhorns - correct answer ✔✔What is this?
Hint: Fly dispersed spores
Earthstar-Basidiocarps - correct answer ✔✔What is this?
puffballs (basidiomycota) - correct answer ✔✔What is this?
COLBERT) QUESTIONS & A+ GRADED
ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
Phylum Basidiomycota - correct answer ✔✔1. These are "Club Fungi"
2. They have 32,000 known species
-These include mushrooms, puffballs, shelf fungi, and rusts
-Some species ectomycorrhizae
-Some are pathogens
-Important decomposers for wood
white rot fungi - correct answer ✔✔A group of basidiomycete fungi that possess the enzymes
required to degrade lignin, which helps it decompose wood.
Why are the vast majority of coal deposits older than about 280 million years? - correct answer
✔✔Because white rot fungi has the ability to degrade lignin.
What is a dikaryotic cell? - correct answer ✔✔They are two haploid nuclei that are in each cell
for the portion of the life cycle.
What is plasmogamy? - correct answer ✔✔when fusion of cytoplasm has occurred by
karyogamy has not.
What is karyogamy? - correct answer ✔✔fusion of nuclei
,dikaryotic hyphae - correct answer ✔✔Check slide 8 of the Fungi-Basdiomycota and
Ascomycota Slide Show for more in depth photo.
How are basidiocarps formed? - correct answer ✔✔They form through dikaryotic hyphae.
Meiosis occurs inside the basidia to form 4 basidiospores
Basidiomycota sexual reproduction - correct answer ✔✔What is this an example of?
-For a better example look at slide 10 of the third powerpoint for this unit.
Do fungi have male and female types? - correct answer ✔✔They have genetically but not
morphologicaly distinct mating types
-Male and Female do not apply
basidia - correct answer ✔✔This is an example of what?
Basidiocarps- Mushrooms - correct answer ✔✔This is an example of what?
Hygrocybe collucera (Outstanding Mushroom) - correct answer ✔✔This is an example of what?
How are fungi bioluminescence? - correct answer ✔✔Luciferin is reduced and becomes oxidized
by light
Hallucinogenic mushrooms - correct answer ✔✔What is this?
What is psilocybin? - correct answer ✔✔It is produced by a mushroom and metabolized in a
human cell to 4-hydroxyldimethyltryptamine.
, -Causes Hallucinations
Amanita phalloides (death cap) - correct answer ✔✔What is the most poisonous mushroom?
alpha-amanitin - correct answer ✔✔blocks mRNA synthesis by binding preferentially to RNA
polymerase II
-Causes total liver and kidney failure
maiden veil fungus - correct answer ✔✔What is this?
Coral Fungus-Basidiocarps - correct answer ✔✔What is this?
shelf fungi
basidiomycota - correct answer ✔✔What is this?
Stinkhorns - correct answer ✔✔What is this?
Hint: Fly dispersed spores
Earthstar-Basidiocarps - correct answer ✔✔What is this?
puffballs (basidiomycota) - correct answer ✔✔What is this?
