Fungal cell walls are made of _________. correct answers Chitin
T/F: Hyphae are mats made of mycelia correct answers False
Fungi that lack septa are called ___________. correct answers coenocytic
Which of the following group of fungi has flagellated spores? correct answers Chytridiomycota
Fungi phyla in order of group that contains least diversity to the group that contains the most
correct answers Glomeromycota
Zygomycota
Basidiomycota
Ascomycota
Which of the following fungi are parasitic? correct answers Athlete's foot fungus
Which of the following processes occurs first in sexual reproduction in many fungi? correct
answers Plasmogamy
Chemicals, secreted by soil fungi, which inhibit the growth of bacteria, are known as
______________. correct answers antibiotics
The fungal partner provides which service(s) in the lichen symbiosis? correct answers water
storage & protection
Among the organisms listed here, which are thought to be the closest relatives of fungi? correct
answers animals
, What is the major distinguishing characteristic of fungi? correct answers nutrient acquisition via
external digestion
This structure produces__________ spores by the process of _________. correct answers
haploid; mitosis
What is the primary role of a mushroom's underground mycelium? correct answers secreting
enzymes and absorbing nutrients
The fusion of cytoplasm from two different fungus individuals leads to what kind of cell correct
answers haploid
Amphibians are declining world-wide. One contributing factor is the spread of a fungal disease
from which of the following group(s)? correct answers Chytridiomycota
Many plants grow significantly faster (i.e. they benefit) when they can form mycorrhizal
associations with soil fungi. What explains this finding? correct answers When researchers added
radioactive phosphorus atoms to the soil, plants grown in the presence of their symbiotic fungi
took up more of the radioactive phosphorus than did plants grown in the absence of fungi.
Which of the following characteristics is unique to Cytrid fungi compared to other groups?
correct answers flagellated spores
Fungi that absorb nutrients from decaying plant matter are called______. correct answers
saprobes
Long, branching fungal filaments are called_______. correct answers hyphae
Karyogamy creates correct answers a diploig cell