Chapter 26 - Fungi Lab Quiz
What connects the mushrooms in a fairy ring below the ground?
A thick network of mycelium.
Eating ergot-contaminated grains can cause which of the following?
A, B, and C.
What occurs when a sporangiospore of a zygomycete lands on a slice of bread?
A, B, and C.
An ascoma of the true morel contains which of the following?
All of the above.
Which of the following is TRUE for lichens?
All of the above.
_____ are the multicellular fruiting structures of ascomycetes, which produce sexual spores.
Ascocarps
Name the phylum to which this species belongs.
Ascomycota
This phylum contains organisms that cause histoplasmosis, ergotism, and cryptococcosis.
Ascomycota
Cases of chronic respiratory illness in humans have been documented in buildings where the ventilation system has been found to contain black mold. Which of the following phyla is likely to be responsible?
Ascomycota.
Name the largest phylum of fungi.
Ascomycota.
Name the structure indicated on this photograph of a section through a mushroom gill.
Basidiospore.
Hyphae in fungi are connected to adjacent hyphae by which of the following?
Crosswall pores.
Your experiment is designed to study the mutualistic relationship of typical roots in most terrestrial plants. Which phylum of fungi would you study?
Glomeromycota.
_____ are specialized hyphae that can penetrate host cells and absorb nutrients.
Haustoria
Which of the following is NOT a property of fungi?
Prokaryotic
Your experiment in the laboratory is designed to study lichens. Which fungi would you investigate?
Sac fungi
Zygomycetes lack what structure?
Septa.
Identify the structure in this photograph of Rhizopus stolonifer.
Sporangiophore.
Flooding and water damage associated with Hurricane Katrina provided an opportunity to advance our study of which toxic mold?
Stachybotrys chartarum.
Sexual reproduction in the Zygomycota results in the production of _________________.
a zygosporangium
Lichens are sensitive to ___.
air pollution
Ascomycetes are responsible for many serious plant diseases including _____.
all of the above
Most fungi have cell walls composed of _____.
chitin
An ascogonium is a(n) _____.
female gametangium
Lichens with leaflike thalli that overlap, forming a scaly, lobed body, are known as
foliose
Slit-like structures found beneath the cap of a typical mushroom are known as ________.
gills
The role of the fungus in a mycorrhizal relationship is that of ________________________.
helping the plant take in phosphate and other nutrients
Modified hyphae, which anchor fungi to a substrate, are ________.
rhizoids
Meiosis in the life cycle of a zygomycete occurs in the _____.
sporangia
Basidiospores are borne on peg-like structures known as _________.
sterigma
