what is the main detriment of fungi? (HINT: yeast)
What is yeast => beer => alcohol
100
examples of fungi
What is yeast, mushrooms, bread molds and lichens
100
Fungi returns dead material to the soil so that it can be reused. what is this called?
What is biodegradation or recycling
100
do fungi reproduce asexually or sexually?
What is both
100
May Queen, Wisley Crab, Foxwhelps and Lane's Prince Albert are all species of what?
What is apples
200
what does it mean when fungi have negative effects for crop production?
What is crop disease?
200
fungi absorb their food. what are they?
What are heterotroph
200
Through the development of mycorrhizal associations, fungi and plants have a _______ relationship
What is symbiotic
200
in what form do fungi reproduce?
What is spores
200
What flavour is Cointreau
What is oranges
300
Fungi can parasitise animals, what is this called?
What is animal disease
300
are fungi prokaryotic or eukaryotic
What is eukaryotic
300
what was the name of the antibiotic made from fungi?
What is Penicillin
300
many fungi produce _____ and use it to reproduce asexually by bits of the ____ breaking off and forming stalks containing seed-like spores
What is hyphae
300
Fried taratulas, eggs boiled just before they're due to hatch, live octopus, and puffin hearts eaten raw when still-warm, are all traditional foods - true or false?
What is true
400
why do food mold so fast?
because Millions of old spores are in the air around you.
400
what does it mean that fungi are non-vascular organisms?
What is not having a specialized respiratory system
400
what are fungi mainly used for
What is food
400
When the spore caps at the end of spore stalks fully mature, they burst. true or false?
What is true
400
What is sushi traditionally wrapped in
What is seaweed
500
what is the scientific name for athlete's foot
What is tinea pedis
500
fungi digest their food inside their body. true or false?
What is false
500
Some fungi also parasitise insects, meaning it is a parasite to insects, such as the Chinese caterpillar mushroom mentioned in medicines. what is the scientific term for this?
What is biocontrol
500
there is a embryonic stage for fungi because a fungus develops from spores. true or false?
What is false
500
Costing around $2,600 per pound, and made only to order by Knipschildt, what is the name of this chocolate truffle?