Chapter 31: Fungi

Which of the following is a difference between plants and fungi? Plants produce spores. Plants have diploid and haploid stages; Fungi only have haploid stages. Fungi are strictly asexual; and plants undergo sexual reproduction. Fungi are heterotrophic; plants are autotrophic. Fungi have cell walls.

Fungi obtain nutrients through...

The body of most fungi consists of threadlike..., which form a network called...

The diploid phase of the life cycle is the shortest in which of the following? Fungus Gymnosperm Moss Angiosperm Fern

What sexual process in fungi generates genetic variation?

An important example of an interaction between fungi and certain other organisms is mycorrhizae, in which the fungal partners...

Almost all of the members of this phylum form arbuscular mycorrhizae in a mutualistic partnership with plants...

Fungi of the phylum Ascomycota are recognized on the basis of their production of...during sexual reproduction.

Fungi form a mutualistic relationship with plants and animals. Which is the following is an example of such a relationship? Fungi can increase drought tolerance in plants. Fungi help break down plant material in the guts of grazing animals. Endophytes in leaves produce toxins that deter herbivores. Fungi help break down wood in the guts of termites. All of the above.

From a human perspective, which of the following kinds of fungi would be considered the least useful? Truffles Rusts Decomposers Mycorrhizal fungi Yeasts

In fungi, haploid hyphae fuse to produce dikaryotic and then diploid nuclei, only to restore the haploid condition by meiosis before the growth of new hyphae. What is the significant of the a transient diploid stage in fungi?

Select the correct statement about the origin of fungi. 1. Fungi evolved after the first plants colonized land. 2. Multicellularity probably evolved independently in fungi and animals. 3. Fungi are more closely related to plants than to animals.

If all fungi in an environment that perform decomposition were to suddenly die, which group of organisms would benefit the most, due to the fact that their fungal competitors have been removed?

Plasmogamy can directly result in which of the following? 1. Cells with a single haploid nucleus. 2. Heterokaryotic cells. 3. Dikaryotic cells. 4. Cells with two diploid nuclei.

In most fungi, karyogamy does not immediately follow plasmogamy, which consequently,..

Arrange the following from largest to smallest. 1. ascospore 2. ascocarp 3. ascomycete 4. ascus

Arrange the following from largest to smallest, assuming they all come from the same fungus. 1. basidiocarp 2. basidium 3. basidiospores 4. mycelium 5. gill

Lichens are symbiotic associations of fungi and...

Mycorrhizae are to the roots of vascular plants as endophytes are to vascular plants'...

What feature seen in chytrids supports the hypothesis that they diverged earliest in fungal evolution?

Which of the following cells or structures are associated with asexual reproduction in fungi? Ascocarps Ascospores Basidiospores Zygosporangia Conidiophores

The photosynthetic symbiont of a lichen is often...

Among the organisms listed here, which are thought to be the closest living relatives of fungi? Mosses Animals Slime Molds Vascular Plants Brown Algae

The adaptive advantage associated with the filamentous nature of fungal mycelia is primarily related to...