BESC 204 Exam Questions with Correct
Answers
Mycorrhizae
- Symbiotic relationships between fungal hyphae and plant roots
Stachybotrys Chartarum
- "Sick Building Syndrome
- Severe Hematologic and Neurological damage
Mycology
- The study of fungi
- "Mykes" is greek for mushroom
- "Logos" is greek for discourse
How many kingdoms of life are there?
- 5 or 6 is a common answer, but there could be up to 30
According to Hawksworth, how many species of fungi likely exist?
- about 1,500,000
According to Meredith Blackwell, how many species of fungi likely exist?
- About 5,000,000
All fungi are
- Heterotrophic eukaryotes with absorptive nutrition (saprotrophs)
Eukaryote
, - A cell with a nucleus
- A cell with membrane-bound organelle
Hyphae
- The branching, threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi
- Collectively comprise the Mycelium
Hyphae collectively comprise the
- Mycelium
Chitin
- A structural polymer of glucose found in many fungal cell walls
Amillaria Ostoyae
- "Humongous Fungus"
- Largest living thing
- 2,200 acre fungus in Oregon (3.5 square miles)
- Estimated to be 2,400 years old
- Estimated to weigh 605 tons in mass
Fungal Hyphae of many species contain_______, a system for "cell
compartmentalization
- Septa
Spores
- Reproductive Propagules
- Usually microscopic
Sexual spores are a product of
Answers
Mycorrhizae
- Symbiotic relationships between fungal hyphae and plant roots
Stachybotrys Chartarum
- "Sick Building Syndrome
- Severe Hematologic and Neurological damage
Mycology
- The study of fungi
- "Mykes" is greek for mushroom
- "Logos" is greek for discourse
How many kingdoms of life are there?
- 5 or 6 is a common answer, but there could be up to 30
According to Hawksworth, how many species of fungi likely exist?
- about 1,500,000
According to Meredith Blackwell, how many species of fungi likely exist?
- About 5,000,000
All fungi are
- Heterotrophic eukaryotes with absorptive nutrition (saprotrophs)
Eukaryote
, - A cell with a nucleus
- A cell with membrane-bound organelle
Hyphae
- The branching, threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi
- Collectively comprise the Mycelium
Hyphae collectively comprise the
- Mycelium
Chitin
- A structural polymer of glucose found in many fungal cell walls
Amillaria Ostoyae
- "Humongous Fungus"
- Largest living thing
- 2,200 acre fungus in Oregon (3.5 square miles)
- Estimated to be 2,400 years old
- Estimated to weigh 605 tons in mass
Fungal Hyphae of many species contain_______, a system for "cell
compartmentalization
- Septa
Spores
- Reproductive Propagules
- Usually microscopic
Sexual spores are a product of
