Fungi Classification
Produce spores in microscopic sac-like structures
sac fungi or Ascomycota
A chemical that causes alteration in the perception of reality, making someone sense that what they are seeing or feeling is real when it is not.
What is a hallucinogen?
What are fungi cell walls made of?
Chitin
in 1928, this person found an open Petri dish that was covered in bacteria and mold and noticed there was no bacteria where the mold was growing.
Who is Alexander Fleming?
A homeowner removes mushrooms from his yard. Explain why this will not remove his mushroom problem.
The main part of the mushroom, mycelium, is founf underground
The study of fungi
mycology
Two or more organisms living together in a relationship where they all benefit
mutualism
The stalk of the mushroom
stipe
form hyphae that penetrate roots.
what are endomycorrhizae
True or False. Fungi are producers
False, fungi don't carry out photosynthesis
group that includes bread mold
zygospore fungi (zygomycota)
an organism living on or in another (that serves as a host) and harming the host
parasitism
branching filaments of a fungus
hyphae
Two ways fungi are harmful
Ringworm, athlete's foot, valley fever, crop loss
How do fungi demonstrate the wisdom of God providing for his creation?
They are decomposers recycling nutrients back into the environment
produce unique spores (zoospores) that have flagellum
chytrid fungi (chytridiomycota)
Give two examples where mutualism occurs
lichens, mycorrhizae
A group or mass of branching hyphae of a fungus
mycelium
What is found in the cell walls of fungi?
chitin
What is the defining characteristic of Basidiomycota?
The "club" fungi have a characteristic club shape in their fruiting body.
fungi with no known form of sexual reproduction
imperfect fungi
organisms that obtain nutrition from dead and decaying organic matter
saprotrophs
The part of a fungus (usually above ground) that produces sexual spores
Fruiting body
When a fungus is ready to asexually reproduce, what forms?
sporangium
What is superficial mycosis?
when a fungal infection remains on the surface. Ex athletes foot, ringworm