Textbook Definitions
Organisms that are eukaryotic, unicellular or multicellular, and heterotrophic. They live in moist, warm places that are protected from the light.
Fungi
Are scientists 100% sure why fungi bioluminesce?
No
How many people die from death cap mushrooms every year?
100
True or False: Mushrooms can be engineered to mine and extract metals
True
True or False: Mushrooms have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years
True
An example of unicellular fungi
Yeasts
Golden Oyster
Death cap mushrooms are found on every continent except ____
Antarctica
Which hair-like root structures on mushrooms can easily bind nearby materials as they grow?
True or False: Moulds make alcoholic drinks and food such as bread
False - it's yeast!
A type of multicelluar fungus in which the mycelium has a cottony appearance
mould
bricks
Which toxins are the most dangerous in death cap mushrooms? They are not easily destroyed by cooking, freezing, or drying
Amatoxins
Fungi's ____ sport thick cell walls that allow them to survive extreme temperatures
spores
Does Julia like to eat mushrooms?
Yes!
a type of asexual reproduction where two daughter cells form...yeasts reproduce in this way
budding
How many species of fungi are there on the planet?
Over a million and a half
Why do Galerina and Lepiota mushrooms cause less deaths than death cap mushrooms?
1) They are very distinguishable
AND/OR
2) They aren't as widespread
What is the pigment that safely absorbs high levels of radiation that some species of fungi produce
Melanin
Why was the mushroom the life of the party?
Because he was a fun-guy
parasitic fungi causing diseases in people, such as athlete's foot and ringworm
harmful fungi
a _____ can help kill and fight bacteria... sweat out from a mushroom after inoculated with bacteria
metabolite
Why did Agrippina discreetly kill her husband with death cap mushrooms?
so that her son, Nero, could secure his succession as 5th emperor of Rome
Mir
name for the fear of eating or touching mushrooms
mycophobia