Parts
The top part of the mushroom.
Cap
The tree provides ___________ to the fungus.
Sugars
Why do some mushrooms produce toxins?
What is the act of recycling nutrients called?
What percentage of forest plants depend on fungal partnerships?
90%
What do mushrooms emit into the air to reproduce?
Spores
Absorb it
What nutrients do fungi return to the soil (name 2, there are 3!)
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Carbon
What are hyphae?
Tiny thread-like strands underneath the cap that make up the body of some fungi.
Kingdom mushrooms most associated with.
Animal
Fish and mushrooms have what in common?
Gills
The mushroom is the "____________" of the organism. The main organism lives ________________.
"Fruit" and underground.
Number of rings that can help tell if a mushroom is poisonous.
Two
Are fungi autotrophs (producers) or heterotrophs (consumers)? Explain why?
Heterotrophs because absorb nutrients.
Video game made famous using mushrooms.
Mario
Stipe is another name for the ____________ of a mushroom
stem or stalk
Mushrooms help make this medicine.
Penicillin
Not all fungi are beneficial. What are two diseases that fungi cause to trees.
Root rot or cankers
What do these decomposers (fungi) do for the forests? Give 2 answers.
Recycle nutrients
Prevent buildup of dead material
Keep the nutrient cycle moving
Mushrooms are a type of?
Fungi
Mycellium is the ______________ of the mushroom
Underground network or roots
Bananas and mushrooms have this important ingredient.
Potassium
Most poisonous mushroom.
Death Cap
Why are fungi not considered plants?
There are 3 main reasons...
1. They do not make their own food
2. Their cell walls are different
3. They absorb nutrients EXTERNALLY
Study of mushrooms is __________
Mycology