General Characteristics
All fungi are this type of organism, meaning they have a nucleus.
What are eukaryotes?
This is the umbrella-shaped top part of a mushroom.
What is the cap?
He discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic, by observing mold killing bacteria.
Who is Alexander Fleming?
This group of fungi produces spores in sac-like structures and includes organisms like yeast.
What are Sac Fungi?
A mutualistic relationship between a fungus and plant roots.
What is mycorrhizae?
Fungi obtain energy by absorbing nutrients from other organisms, making them ________.
What are heterotrophs?
Located beneath the cap, these thin structures release spores for reproduction.
What are Gills?
This scientist developed pasteurization and helped prove that microorganisms cause disease.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
This group includes mushrooms and is named for the club-shaped structures where spores are formed.
What are club fungi?
Mycorrhizae help plants absorb nutrients and water in exchange for this.
What are sugars?
This massive organism, sometimes called the “Humungous Fungus,” is the largest known on Earth.
What is Armillaria ostoyae?
Found below ground, this tangled network of threadlike structures absorbs nutrients and anchors the fungus.
What is the mycelium?
The first step of Germ Theory states that these are found in diseased organisms.
What are microorganisms?
This group of fungi is known for producing spores in thread-like structures called hyphae.
What are threadlike fungi?
This is the first step of the scientific method, where you notice something unusual.
What is observation?
The main structural material in fungal cell walls.
What is chitin?
The thread-like filaments that make up a fungus.
What are hyphae?
According to Germ Theory, after isolating a microorganism, this must happen to prove it causes disease.
What is introducing it to a healthy host and observing the same disease?
This group of fungi does not reproduce sexually and includes species used to make antibiotics like penicillin
What are imperfect fungi?
This step involves making an educated guess to explain your observation.
What is forming a hypothesis?
Fungi are more closely related to this kingdom than to plants.
What is the animal kingdom?
The reproductive structure of multicellular fungi where spores are produced.
What is a fruiting body?
These two scientists laid the foundation for modern medicine by proving that microbes cause illness and discovering treatments.
Who are Alexander Fleming and Louis Pasteur?
You discover a fungus that reproduces with sac-like structures, helps make bread rise, and is used in antibiotics. It also lacks a known sexual reproduction stage. Based on these traits, which two fungus groups might this organism belong to?
What are Sac Fungi and Imperfect Fungi?
These are the eight steps of the scientific method in correct order.
What are observation, question, hypothesis, prediction, experiment, data analysis, conclusion, and communication?