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1
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Are fungi multi or unicellular?

A

They are mostly multicellular except for yeast.

2
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What plant like structure do fungi have?

A

Cell walls.

3
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Are fungi heterotrophs or autotrophs?

A

They are heterotrophs (parasites and saprotrophs).

4
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What are thallophytes?

A

No roots, stems, or leaves.

5
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Are fungi thallophytes?

A

Yes.

6
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How do fungi reproduce?

A

Asexually and sexually.

7
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What do fungi produced?

A

Spores.

8
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What are 3 types of bread mold?

A

Rhizoids, stolons, and sporangiophore.

9
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What are rhizoids?

A

root like anchors to bread

10
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How do rhizoids survive (in terms of energy)?

A

They take in bread as food.

11
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How do rhizoids take in the bread?

A

They secrete digestive enzymes which goes into the mold.

12
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What does mold do over time?

A

Mold decays over times.

13
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What are stolons?

A

Horizontal hyphae that lays on the bread

14
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What’s a pickup line mushrooms use all the time?

A

Hey you’ve stolon my heart because you’re such a fungi. LOLOLOLOL by Aanandi M

15
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Where do mycelium grow?

A

Underground

16
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How does fungi benefit us?

A

causes decay, fights diseases, provide food, and makes chemicals

17
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In what ways are fungi bad for us?

A

poisonous fungi, can cause diseases, and spoil food.

18
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Why does fungi cause decay?

A

It is a saprotroph

19
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How do fungi provide food?

A

mushroom are edible fungi, bread is made from yeast, beets, carrots, potatoes, cheese.

20
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How many spores do stolon produce?

A

100,000’s but most don’t make it because they are at the mercy of the air.

21
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What percentage of spores die?

A

95%

22
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What is mold?

A

Fungi with broken cell walls on food.

23
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Why does mold spread?

A

If it stays in one place, it will eventually stay in one place and finish the food source (bread).

24
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What are sporangiophores?

A

Vertical hyphae that grows heightwise.

25
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What is the function of sporangiophores?

A

To spread spores because the higher up the spores, the easier it is for them to land elsewhere.

26
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What is Mycelium?

A

Loosely tangled hyphae.

27
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What is hyphae?

A

Branched filaments of fungi.

28
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What is the least likely fungi to occur?

A

Multicellular hyphae that have intact cell walls.

29
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What fungi are most likely to occur?

A

Multicellular hyphae with broken or no cell wall.

30
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What is the part of the mushroom above ground called?

A

Fruiting body.

31
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What is the umbrella top part of the mushroom called?

A

The cap

32
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What are the spokes of the cap called?

A

Gills.

33
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What do the gills produce?

A

Spores.

34
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What is the long stem-like part of the mushroom called?

A

The stipe.

35
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What is the scar on the stipe?

A

The annulus.

36
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Why is the annulus there?

A

It is a scar for where the mushroom was attached when the cap was closed.

37
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What part of the mushroom is underground?

A

Mycelium.

38
Q

What are two trees that were wiped out by fungi?

A

Dutch elm disease and Chestnut Blight

39
Q

How does fungi spoil food?

A

mold grows on it especially on bread

40
Q

What is a lichen?

A

Half algae, half fungi.

41
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How does the fungi benefit the algae?

A

The algae performs photosynthesis and fungi gets another source of food

42
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How does algae benefit fungi?

A

Algae benefits fungi because it provides protection for the algae.

43
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What type of bread mold is inside the bread?

A

Rhizoids.

44
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What type of bread mold is horizontal on the bread?

A

Stolon.

45
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What grows vertically on the bread mold?

A

Sporangiophores.

46
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What is a spore?

A

A unit of asexual reproduction.

47
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What is at the top of a sporangiophore?

A

A sporangium.

48
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What comes out of the sporangium?

A

Spores.

49
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What is yeast?

A

The only fungi not made hyphae

50
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Is yeast unicellular or multicellular?

A

Unicellular.

51
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Does yeast reproduce asexually or sexually?

A

Both.

52
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What is the products made from yeast?

A

Beer and alcohol, baking.

53
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What are some other examples of fungi?

A

Mildew, morel, penicillium.

54
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What is the fruiting body made of?

A

Hyphae.

55
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What is the asexual reproduction of yeast called?

A

Budding.

56
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What happens to the spores once they are released?

A

They are at the mercy of the air.

57
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What are some bad fungi?

A

Corn smut, wheat rust.

58
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What are six economic importances of fungi?

A
  1. Decay. 2. Causes disease. 3. Fight diseases. 4. Spoil food. 5. Make food. 6. Chemicals.
59
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Is decay + or -?

A

+.

60
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Are causing diseases + or -?

A

-.

61
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Are fighting diseases + or -?

A

+.

62
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Is spoilt food + or -?

A

-.

63
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Is making food + or -?

A

+.

64
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Are chemicals + or -?

A

+.

65
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What does decay cause?

A

More space for living organisms.

66
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What diseases do fungi cause in humans?

A

Athlete’s foot, yeast infection, poison mushrooms.

67
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What diseases do fungi cause in plants?

A

Wheat rust, dutch elm (extinction), corn smut, chestnut blight, potato fungus

68
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How do fungi help fight diseases?

A

Penicillin, which is made from the fungi, mold.

69
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How do fungi provide food?

A

Mushrooms, yeast for bread, beets, cheese, carrots, potatoes.

70
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What chemicals do fungi make?

A

citric acid. which goes in soda

71
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Are lichens considered one or many organisms?

A

One organism.

72
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How do lichens mutually benefit from each other?

A

Algae part does photosynthesis, so it is an extra source of food for the fungi. The fungi provides the protection for the algae.

73
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Habitat of lichens?

A

They live on rocks.

74
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What is soil made of?

A

Dust and dead lichens.

75
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How are lichens helpful in the grand scheme of things?

A

Start a process of an ecosystem.