BIOLOGY 1407 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
fungi - Correct Answers -The Kingdom for Fungi
eukarya - Correct Answers -The Domain for Fungi
hyphae - Correct Answers -Individual microscopic, thread-like filaments that form the
body of the fungus
mycelium - Correct Answers -The visible collective mat of filaments that form the body
of most fungi.
eukaryotic - Correct Answers -The type of cell found in fungi
mycelium - Correct Answers -
shelf fungus - Correct Answers -
hyphae - Correct Answers -
earth star puff ball - Correct Answers -
saprophyte - Correct Answers -Feeds on dead organic matter; typical of fungi
chitin - Correct Answers -Modified polysaccharide forming cell walls of fungi
fruiting bodies - Correct Answers -What is usually visible in most forms of fungi
hyphae - Correct Answers -Microscopic single fungal cells
mycelium - Correct Answers -Mat-like filamentous body of fungi
decomposers - Correct Answers -Ecological niche performed by fungi and bacteria in an
ecosystem
spores - Correct Answers -Reproductive haploid cells of fungi
Basidiomycota - Correct Answers -amanita death angel, toadstools, mushrooms, and
shelf fungi
, Zygomycetes - Correct Answers -black bread mold, rhizopus, pilobolus cannon fungi
Ascomycetes - Correct Answers -morels, truffels, penicillin, aspergilllus for soy sauce,
red bread mold, and yeast
Fungi and either green algae or cyanobacteria - Correct Answers -Species that form the
lichen.
Structural housing and water absorption - Correct Answers -Provided by the fungi in the
lichen
photosynthesize, yielding carbohydrate food for ATP production - Correct Answers -
Provided by the green algae or cyanobacteria in the lichen
symbiosis - Correct Answers -Two differerent species sharing the same niche
mutualism - Correct Answers -The type of symbiosis exhibited by lichens.
mutualism - Correct Answers -The type of symbiosis where both species are benefited
by sharing the same niche.
Beneficial uses of Zygomycota - Correct Answers -tempeh
Beneficial uses of Ascomycota - Correct Answers -yeast for beer/wine, yeast for bread,
soy sauce, p. camemberti, statins, cephalosporin, truffels and morels, P. chrysogenum
Beneficial use of Basidiomycota - Correct Answers -sliced caps for food and soup
Pulmonary hemorrhage in infants; inhibits protein synthesis - Correct Answers -Side
effect of toxic black mold
Histoplasmosis - Correct Answers -Pulmonary disorder from fungi that grows on bird
droppings
Athlete's foot and ringworm - Correct Answers -Common human infections caused by
fungi
Candida vaginalis - Correct Answers -Cause of vaginal yeast-like infections in females
Basidiomycetes or club fungi - Correct Answers -Some produce hallucenogenic
compounds
mycelium - Correct Answers -The entire network of filaments which form the largest part
of most fungi is called the
AND ANSWERS
fungi - Correct Answers -The Kingdom for Fungi
eukarya - Correct Answers -The Domain for Fungi
hyphae - Correct Answers -Individual microscopic, thread-like filaments that form the
body of the fungus
mycelium - Correct Answers -The visible collective mat of filaments that form the body
of most fungi.
eukaryotic - Correct Answers -The type of cell found in fungi
mycelium - Correct Answers -
shelf fungus - Correct Answers -
hyphae - Correct Answers -
earth star puff ball - Correct Answers -
saprophyte - Correct Answers -Feeds on dead organic matter; typical of fungi
chitin - Correct Answers -Modified polysaccharide forming cell walls of fungi
fruiting bodies - Correct Answers -What is usually visible in most forms of fungi
hyphae - Correct Answers -Microscopic single fungal cells
mycelium - Correct Answers -Mat-like filamentous body of fungi
decomposers - Correct Answers -Ecological niche performed by fungi and bacteria in an
ecosystem
spores - Correct Answers -Reproductive haploid cells of fungi
Basidiomycota - Correct Answers -amanita death angel, toadstools, mushrooms, and
shelf fungi
, Zygomycetes - Correct Answers -black bread mold, rhizopus, pilobolus cannon fungi
Ascomycetes - Correct Answers -morels, truffels, penicillin, aspergilllus for soy sauce,
red bread mold, and yeast
Fungi and either green algae or cyanobacteria - Correct Answers -Species that form the
lichen.
Structural housing and water absorption - Correct Answers -Provided by the fungi in the
lichen
photosynthesize, yielding carbohydrate food for ATP production - Correct Answers -
Provided by the green algae or cyanobacteria in the lichen
symbiosis - Correct Answers -Two differerent species sharing the same niche
mutualism - Correct Answers -The type of symbiosis exhibited by lichens.
mutualism - Correct Answers -The type of symbiosis where both species are benefited
by sharing the same niche.
Beneficial uses of Zygomycota - Correct Answers -tempeh
Beneficial uses of Ascomycota - Correct Answers -yeast for beer/wine, yeast for bread,
soy sauce, p. camemberti, statins, cephalosporin, truffels and morels, P. chrysogenum
Beneficial use of Basidiomycota - Correct Answers -sliced caps for food and soup
Pulmonary hemorrhage in infants; inhibits protein synthesis - Correct Answers -Side
effect of toxic black mold
Histoplasmosis - Correct Answers -Pulmonary disorder from fungi that grows on bird
droppings
Athlete's foot and ringworm - Correct Answers -Common human infections caused by
fungi
Candida vaginalis - Correct Answers -Cause of vaginal yeast-like infections in females
Basidiomycetes or club fungi - Correct Answers -Some produce hallucenogenic
compounds
mycelium - Correct Answers -The entire network of filaments which form the largest part
of most fungi is called the
