Fungi

Question 1

What are the 6 life requirements of fungi?

Answer 1

• 02
• H20
• nutrients
• UV protection
• Temperature 0-40 C
• Energy source
• pH level

Question 2

What are 3 roles of fungi in ecosystems?

Answer 2

Saprophyte,
Parasite,
Symbiot

Question 3

What are the basic unit of Fungi?

Answer 3

Hyphae

Question 4

What is the crosswall in hyphae called?

Answer 4

Septum

Question 5

What is a way that fungi obtain nitrogen?

Answer 5

By trapping microscopic organisms like nematodes that exist in their substrate.

Question 6

What five groups are fungi classified into?

Answer 6

• oomycetes
• ascomycetes
• zygomycetes
• Deuteromycetes
• Basidiomycetes

Question 7

some characteristics of oomycetes?

Answer 7

• water moulds

- swimming asexual spore

Question 8

some characteristics of Zygomycetes

Answer 8

• air bourne spores

- some mycorrhizae

Question 9

some characteristics of Ascomycetes

Answer 9

• air borne spores
• 8 in a sac
• ex. foliar, canker and vascular wilts

Question 10

some characteristics of basidiomycetes

Answer 10

• air borne spores
• 4 spores on a club
• decays, root rots and rusts

Question 11

Deuteromycetes

Answer 11

• air borne spores
• havent been observed reproducing
• close to ascomycetes