Life Cycles
What is budding? (Asexual)
This is where Neocallimastigomycetes are found
What is the guts of herbivores?
This 'zombie fungus' takes over the bodies of insects (like ants) and makes them latch onto the tops of stems to allow the fungus to release its spores.
What is Cordyceps?
This Ascomycete is commonly used in bread-making.
What is yeast?
The name of porous cross walls that partition hyphae into individual cells
Septa
The stage of sexual reproduction where a single cell contains two nuclei
What is 'dikaryotic'?
The name of the fruiting body of Basidiomycota
What is a basidiocarp? (aka a mushroom)
This type of lichen is characterized by its leaflike shape.
What is foliose lichen?
These basidiomycetes parasitize cereal crops like corn, wheat, and rye.
What are smuts and rusts?
This mushroom is considered one of the largest living organisms on Earth by area, covering roughly 3.5 square miles.
What is the 'Humongous Fungus' (honey mushroom)?
These structures perform sexual reproduction in fungi (as opposed to male and female).
What are mating types (+ and -)
In Ascomycetes, sexual spores develop inside these fingerlike sacs.
What is an ascus?
These two types of organisms make up a lichen.
What is a fungal partner and an algae or cyanobacterium?
This genus of sac fungi produces what is thought to be the first modern antibiotic.
What is Penicillium?
This Ascomycete, often confused for a mushroom, is a popular midwestern treat that's often served fried or sauteed.
What are morels?
What is the difference between a dikaryotic cell and a diploid cell?
The zygosporangium is part of this stage of the Zygomycota sexual reproduction lifecycle
What is heterokaryotic (dikaryotic)?
The benefit that plants gain from having mycorrhizae on their roots.
What is a greater absorptive surface for mineral intake?
Overgrowth of Candida albicans can cause this infection in newborns.
What is oral thrush?
Pigs can be trained to hunt this ectomycorrhizal fungus that is popular in fine dining.
What are truffles?
These three phyla of fungi produce zoospores.
What are Blastocladiomycota, Neocallimastigomycota, and Chytridiomycota?
These are the substances that Neocallimastigomycetes break down for ruminants, which allows these animals to get the nutrition they need from a mostly plant-based diet.
What is the major difference between endomycorrhizae and ectomycorrhizae?
Ectomycorrhizae grow outside the cell walls, while endomycorrhizae penetrate the cell walls.
These molds are used in the production of soy sauce and miso.
(Bonus for 200) This genus is part of what fungal phylum?
Bonus: Ascomycota
Draw a phylogenetic tree of Opisthokonta
Fungi Choanoflagellates Animals
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