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47 Cards in this Set
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What are the three requirements for an organism to be called a fungi?
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-Eukaryotic
-Cell wall made of chitin -Heterotrophic (**EXTERNAL DIGESTION) |
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What are the cell walls of Fungi made of?
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Chitin
(Chi-tin) |
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How do Fungi obtain nutrients?
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They digest their food outside their bodies, then proceed to absorbing it
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What is the only single-celled Fungi?
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Yeast
(Yea-st) |
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What are all Fungi except for Yeast?
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Multi-celluar
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What is the filaments of a Fungi called?
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Hyphae
(Hy-ph-ae) |
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What are tangled groups of Hyphae called?
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Mycelium
(My-cell-ium) |
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What are the two ways Fungi can reproduce?
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Asexually and Sexually
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What do Fungi use to reproduce sexually?
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Gametes (positive or negative)
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What do Fungi use to reproduce Asexually?
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A broken Hyphae or spore
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What are the two types of Fungi-like Protist?
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Slime Mold (Recycles organic matter) and Water Mold (parasitic to plants)
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What are the "heads" of some Fungi spores called?
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Sporangium
(Spo-ran-gium) |
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What is the "stem-like structure" that is found in some Fungi spores called?
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Sporangiophore ("Phore" sounds like floor, and the stem connects to the floor)
(Spo-ran-gio-phore) |
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What are the two main ways Fungi spread?
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- Scattered by the wind
- Carried by animals |
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What are the spore of some Fungi called?
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Sporangia
(Spo-ran-gia) |
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What are the four main categories of Fungi?
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- Sac Fungi
- Club Fungi - Common Molds - Imperfect Fungi |
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What do common molds have to hold them into place?
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Rhizoids
(Rhi-zo-ids) |
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What is an example of a "Common Mold"?
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Black Bread Mold
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What is a Stolan?
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A stem-like hyphae on the surface of bread
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What is the Sporangiophore?
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Hyphae that push upwards into the air
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What characteristic do many Sac Fungi have?
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A cup-like structure
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What is the Phylum name for Sac Fungi?
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Ascomycota ("Asc" can be rearranged to form "Sac")
(As-comy-cota) |
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What classification of Fungi includes yeast (which is unicelluar)?
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Sac Fungi
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What classification is used for baking and brewing?
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Sac Fungi
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What type of Fungi undergoes alcoholic fermentation in the absence of oxygen?
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Sac Fungi
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What does a Sac Fungi release when they undergo alcoholic fermentation?
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Alcohol and Carbon Dioxide
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Are Club Fungi edible or poisonous?
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They can be both
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What is the Phylum name for Club Fungi?
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Phylum Basidiomycota ("Bas" sounds like base, and you use a CLUB to hit a ball in base ball)
(Basidi-o-my-cota) |
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What group of Fungi do mushrooms belong to? (Important..)
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Club Fungi
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What four main structure pieces does a Club Fungi have?
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Base, Stalk, Cap, and Gills
(Greg Stalks Ginny, the Cannibal) |
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Where is the base of a Club Fungi located?
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In the ground
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What is the stalk of a Club Fungi?
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A stem-like structure
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Where is the cap located?
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The top of a mushroom
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What is a gill?
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A spore-bearing structure under the cap
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What are the types of Club Fungi?
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- Mushrooms
- Shelf Fungi - Jelly Fungi - Rusts (Many Squirrels Fling Joyously From Rats) |
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What is the reproductive in a Club Fungi known as? (This is also where it goes its Phylum name)
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Basidium
(Bas-i-dium) |
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Why are Imperfect Fungi yet to be put in a classification along with the other Fungi groups?
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Because scientist can't find the sexual phase of their life-cycle
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What is the best known Imprefect Fungi?
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Penicillium
(Penic-ill-ium) |
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What are many Fungi referred to as? (Including mushrooms)
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Saprobes
(Sap-robes) |
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What does a Saprobe do?
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Organisms that obtain food from dead or decaying matter
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What two groups do most Fungi belong to?
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Most are decomposers, but some are parasites
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What are Fungi that cause plant diseases called?
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Rusts
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What are Fungi that cause diseases in Humans?
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Athletes Foot, Yeast infections, and Ringworm
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What are made in our bodies to keep yeast in check?
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Bacteria
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What is the symbiotic relationship between a photosynthetic organism and a fungus?
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Lichen
(Lich-en) |
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What is an symbiotic relationship called between plants and fungi?
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Mychorrhizae
(My-cho-rr-hi-zae) |
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What are two types of photosynthetic organisms a fungus might form a symbiotic relationship with to form a lichen?
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Cyanobacterium or Green Alga
(Cya-no-bact-er-ium) |
