Kingdom Fungi Lab Quiz

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Kingdom Fungi

• eukaryotic or prokaryotic?

• movement?

• cell wall is made of?

• autotrophic or heterotrophic?

• eukaryotic

• non-motile

• chitin

• heterotrophic

What is saprophytic fungus?

A fungus that feeds on and decomposes dead organic material.

What is parasitic fungus?

A fungus that lives on a living organism and harms it while taking nutrients.

What do fungi release into the environment?

Digestive enzymes

What do fungi’s digestive enzymes do?

Break down nutrients

• plant cell walls

•  insect exoskeletons

How do fungi absorb nutrients?

Hyphae

Yeast

• multicellular or unicellular?

• 2 types?

• unicellular

1. Saccharomyces cerevisiae: baker’s
   yeast

2. Candida albicans: causes Thrush

What is this called?

Budding

Mold

• multicellular or unicellular? 

• composed of what?

• reproductive structures are called?

• multicellular

• hypha (pl. hyphae)

• fruiting body

How is mold classified?

by the type of fruiting body they form

Types of fungi reproduction

• what do they produce

capable of both asexual and sexual reproduction

• both produce spores

Types of hyphae and what they are

1. Mycelium: mass of hyphae

2. Rhizoid: modified hypha

• anchors the mycelium

What is the scientific name for bread mold?

Rhizopus stolonifer

Is Rhizopus stolonifer a saprophyte or parasite?

Saprophyte

What is this?

1. ?

2. ?

3. ?

Rhizopus stolonifera (bread mold)

1. Sporangiophores

2. stolon

3. rhizoid

Where does rhizopus stolonifer grow?

bread, cheese, moist food items, and soft fruits and vegetables

What disease can Rhizopus stolonifer cause in humans?

Zygomycosis (also known as mucormycosis)

Rhizopus stolonifer can act as a ______ ____?

• causes what infection?

opportunistic pathogen (infects weakened hosts)

• Zygomycosis

The role of Rhizopus stolonifer’s sporangium

produces genetically identical spores through asexual reproduction

What is this?

1. ?

2. ?

3. ?

Rhizopus stolonifera

1. Sporangium

2. Spores

3. Sporangiospores 

What is a zygosporangium?

A structure formed when the hyphae of two different mating types join during sexual reproduction

What type of reproduction forms zygospores?

Sexual reproduction

Zygosporangium produces:

• spores that are genetically diverse 

What is this?

1. ?

2. ?

3. ?

Rhizopus stolonifera 

1. Zygospore

2. Sporangium

3. Hyphae

What mold produces the antibiotic penicillin?

Penicillium notatum

Who discovered Penicillium notatum and how?

• Alexander Fleming

• noticed that Staphylococcus aureus did not grow near the green mold

• isolated the green mold and grew it in a fluid medium

What is this?

1. ?

2. ?

Penicillium notatum

1. conidia

2. conidiospore

What is this?

1. ?

2. ?

3. ?

Penicillium notatum

1. Phialides

2. Conidia

3. Conidiophore

What is this?

• mode of transportation

• infective stage

• type of fungus

• can lead to?

Pneumocystis carinii

• Respiratory route

• spore

• parasitic fungus

• fatal case of pneumonia in patients (compromised immune system)

What is this?

• where are its spores found?

• can cause what?

Aspergillus

• in the environment: dirty AC, flood damaged wood and sheet rock

• lung infections in people with compromised immune systems

What is this?

1. ?

2. ?

3. ?

4. ?

Aspergillus

1. Conidia

2. Vesicle

3. Phialide

4. Conidiophore

1. ?

2. ?

1. Conidiospores

2. Conidia