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The top of a mushroom
What is the cap?
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The entire mass of intertwined hyphae formed by a fungus is known as the…
What is mycelium?
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The name of the fungal disease that destroyed many elms across the U.S.
What is Dutch Elm Disease?
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Used as a leavening agent to make breads rise.
What is yeast?
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The two organisms composing lichen
What are fungi and algae?
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Under the top of a mushroom
What is gills?
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Substance found in cell walls of fungi
What is chitin?
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The type of relationship between mycorrhizae and plants
What is symbiotic?
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Three human illnesses caused by fungi.
What are athlete's foot, thrush, ringworm, yeast infections?
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The study of fungi`
What is mycology?
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The trunk or stalk of a mushroom
What is stipe?
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The most common form of reproduction in yeast.
What is budding?
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1) Bread molds belong to Phylum 2) Puffballs belong to Phylum
What is Zygomycota and Basidiomycota?
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The fungi responsible for the strong flavor of Roquefort and Camembert cheeses.
What is Penicillium?
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The ability of some fungi to change form in response to environmental changes is called…
What is dimorphism?
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The structure resembling roots of a mushroom
What are rhizoids?
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Saclike structures in which spore are formed
What is asci (or ascus)?
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The name of the fungal infection that destroyed many Chestnut trees in the U.S.
What is chestnut blight?
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Name 2 ways man benefits from fungi
What is ...
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The three types of lichen.
What are foliose, crustose, and fruticose?
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The connecting tissue between two clumps of sporophore.
What is stolon?
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Slender filaments that form the mycelia of fungi
What is hyphae?
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Leaflike lichen
What is foliose?
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The most important and most common function of fungi
What is decomposer?
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Hyphae that penetrate a living host's cells and absorb nourishment
What is haustoria?