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Fungal Networks
Fungal Roles
Reproduction
Fun Facts:
100

What is the subterranean part of the fungal organism called? (like plant roots) 

Mycelium!

100
How do fungi get their nutrients or "eat"? 

They decompose decaying organic matter

100

True or False: Mushrooms grow from seeds the same way plants do. 

FALSE. They have an entirely different means of reproduction.

100

True or False:
Fungi are more closely related to plants than humans.

FALSE. Fungi are genetically closer to animals and humans than plants. Humans and mushrooms share a common genetic ancestor.

200

What do fungi allow to transfer between organisms in their environment?

Nutrients, amino acids, chemicals, chemical signals

200

True or False:
Plants and Fungi play a similar role in their environments and split / share a lot of the same work.

FALSE. Plants and Fungi play two separate roles and contribute to their health of their respective ecosystems in very different ways.

200

What do mushrooms release into their environment to ensure their continued survival?

Spores!

200

What is the purpose of boiling the Hay when creating our mushroom buckets?

to pasturize or "sanitize" the hay - make sure no disease.

300

True or False:
Mycelia can allow a dying tree to send its nutrient reserves tor another nearby tree?

TRUE.

300

How does the way fungi get their "food" or nutrients differ from the way plants get their "food" or nutrients?

Fungi decompose organic matter for their food, plants do photosynthesis to make or "synthesize" their own food.

300

What is the term for the way most fungi reproduce?

Asexually! Meaning they do not need "male" or "female" reproductive organs or cells to reproduce.

300
How many unqiue species of fungi do experts estimate their are?
estimations range in the millions.
400

What is one way fungi help plants / the forest protect each other and itself?

By sending chemical signals through their mycelia to alert other plants of nearby herbivores, aka plant predators.
400

Mushrooms are to fungi what ____ are to plants.

Fruit! Mushrooms are the fruiting body of fungi.

400
True or False: The genetic code on each fungal reproductive cell is exactly the same?

FALSE. the spores that are released by mushrooms are all very similar but each is genetically unique. 

400

name at least 3 uses that humans have used mushrooms / fungi for, or are experimenting with to use.

Medicine, food, building materials, environmental remediation (breaking down plastic, cleansing soil, etc.), emergency nutrition for disaster relief.