bja bio chapter 12

Most yeasts are placed in phylum

Ascomycota

All of the following are methods of asexual reproduction in fungi EXCEPT

Conjugation

Which fungus causes St. Anthony's Fire, a disease that produces hallucinations and burning sensations in the arms and the legs?

Ergot of Rye

Mycorrhizae are

Fungi that have symbiotic relationships with plant roots

A fungus would likely be excluded from the phylum Basidiomycota if

It produces ascospores

Fungi are grouped into phyla based primarily on

Method of sexual reproduction

Hyphae that are embedded in the material on which the fungus is growing are called?

Rhizoids

The common black mold is in the genus

Rhizopus

Which is not true of linches?

They consist of a fungus and a protozoan

Which is the most important beneficial function of fungi?

They function as Decomposer organisms

Why are the imperfect fungi not classified in one of the three fungal phyla?

They have no known methods of sexual reproduction

True or False. Most fungi carry on external digestion

True

The study of fungi is called

mycology

Fungi are not classified with the plant because

they are heterotrophic and lack tissue