Introduction
True or False: All fungi are prokaryotic.
Lichen is a mutualistic relationship between what two types of organisms?
Algae and Fungi
What is the name of the type of banana we get at the grocery store today?
Cavendish
Chytridomycota live in what kinds of environments?
Aquatic
Common name of the most deadly fungus to man?
Deathcap
What are plant cell walls composed of?
Cellulose
The study of relationships between organisms and their surroundings is called _____________.
ecology
What is the name of the previous species of banana that existed before panama disease wiped it out?
Gros Michel
Phylum Zygoymycota includes what types of fungi?
Common Molds
Fly agaric is sometimes called this?
Toadstool
What is the function of the fruiting body?
To create spores and reproduce
Name a plant that requires mycorhizhae to grow.
Orchid; soybean plants
American chesnut creates a fruit/ nut that is enclosed in a round spiny cover called a ________
bur
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is type of fungus that infects _____________.
frogs
Lycoperdon parlatum's common name?
Common puffball
A fungi that allows for cytoplasm to contain hundreds of nuclei and has no crosswalls is considered _________________.
aseptate
Besides amphibians and lichen, what is an example of a bioindicator?
Oysters, earthworms, salmon
What was the nickname for Amreican Chesnut, given to it because its lumber was used for so many things?
Cradle to coffin
Yeast belongs to which phylum?
A. Ascomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Zygomycota
D. Chytridiomycota
A. Ascomycota
Common name of Tremella mesenterica?
Witch's butter
Arthrobotrys is a fungus that parasitizes what kind of animal?
nematodes/round worms
What is the name of the zombie fungus that infects arthropods?
Cordyceps
American Chesnut tree once made up _______% of the forest in eastern America.
25
Deuteromycota
Scientific name for common greenshield lichen?
Flavoparmelia caperata