Fungus quiz

Parasitic

When a fungus attacks other organisms, even other fungi.

Hyphae

Rods of cytoplasm containing cell walls with chitin

Spore Reproduction

Fungal reproduction method in which the spores become new fungi in the correct conditions.

Budding

Method of reproduction in which a unicellular organism creates an identical copy of itself with identical genetic material.

Mutualistic

A relationship between organisms in which both benefit each other in some way.

Symbiosis

A state in which your relationship with another organism is mutualistic.

Zygomycota

Found on land, in soil or decaying plants. To reproduce, they form sporangia. Sporangia are reproductive structures that produce their form of spores, zygospores.

Ascomycota

Also called sac fungi, found anywhere, can be anywhere from microscopic to large. Small ones include yeast and penicillium. Bigger ones include morels and truffles. Prefer to reproduce asexually.

Commercial uses of fungi

Food, Medicine, Agriculture.

Mycelium

A network of interwoven hyphae.

Lichen

A hybrid organism, either a fungus and a protist or a fungus and an autotrophic bacterium.

Basidiomycota

Club fungi, reproduce using club like structures.

Cup

Bottom of a mushroom, holds the base of the mushroom up.

Stem

The main stalk of the mushroom, also called the stipe.

Ring

Also called the annulus, this is part of a mushroom.

Cap

The top of a mushroom, also called a pileus.

Scales

Rough bits on the top of the mushroom.

Gills

Ridges under the cap of the mushroom.

Substrate

The layer below the mushroom where the nutrients are found.

Enzymes

Digestive chemicals secreted by the hyphae to help absorb and digest food

Absorptive Nutrition

Absorbing food from the substrate to consume it.