Chapter 20

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True

A lichen is the result of a mutual relationship between a fungus and an algae or Cyanobacteria

False, outside

A unique feature of fungal decomposition is that organic material is digested INSIDE the fungal cells

False, chitin

All fungi have cell walls made of CELLULOSE

True

Basidiospores are produced by mushrooms

Chitin

Complex carbohydrate in the cell walls of fungi

Their composition of soft materials

Fossils of fungi are rare due to...

Decomposers

Fungi that transform complex organic substances into raw materials that other organisms can use are...

Gametangium

Hyphae that grow horizontally alone the surface of a food

Pores

In hyphae divided by septa, cytoplasm flows from one cell to the next through

Haustoria

In parasitic fungi, specialized hyphae that penetrate cell as and absorb nutrients

False, absorbtion

Mycorrhizae increase the REPRODUCTIVE surface of plant roots

False, plant roots

Mycorrhizae is a mutualistic relationship between fungi and ALGAE

True

No fungus contains chlorophyll in its hyphae cells

Reproduce

One criterion for classifying fungi is by how they

Lichen

Symbiotic association between a fungus and a green algae

Mycorrhizae

Symbiotic association in which a fungus lives in close contact with the roots of a plant

False, fruiting body

The short-lived reproductive structure in mushrooms is the MYCELIUM


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