Fungi Quiz

Characteristics of fungi

1.5 million species

single-celled or multicellular

unusual forms of mitosis

eukaryotic

Cell walls are made of chitin

nutrition in fungi

absorb solutions of organic material from environment

heterotrophic

hyphae

multicellular fungi consist of long, slender filaments

have a firm cell wall made of chitin

mycelium

a root-like structure of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching thread like hyphae

lichen

symbiotic association between a fungus and a photosynthetic organism

- can't grow without the photosynthetic partner

- sensitive to pollutants so they do not live in places with high pollution rates

- protect their partners from strong light desiccation

Zygomycota

ex) common bread molds or molds

-asexual reproductive structure= sporangia

-asexual spore= spore

-sexual reproductive structure= zygosporangia

-sexual spore= zygospore

-sporocarp= N/A

Ascomycota

ex) Types of yeast and lichens

-asexual reproductive structure= conidiophores

-asexual spore= conidia

-sexual reproductive structure= ascus

-sexual spore= ascospores

-sporocarp= ascocarp

Basidiomycota

ex) mushrooms

-asexual reproductive structure= N/A

-asexual spore= N/A

-sexual reproductive structure= Basidium

-sexual spore= Basidiospore

-sporocarp= Basidiocarps

Bread Molds (Zygomycota)

yeast (Ascomycota)

Lichen (Ascomycota)

mushrooms (basidiomycota)

Penicillin

Ascomycota

Common molds

Zygomycota

Shelf fungi

Basidiomycetes

Gill fungus

Basidiomycetes