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1Fungi are important ________, meaning they break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients.



2The basic structure of a fungus is the ________, a slender filament of cytoplasm and nuclei enclosed by a cell wall.
A)septum
B)haustorium
C)hypha
D)mold



3A ________ is a mass of hyphae that collectively make up an individual fungus.
A)mycelium
B)mushroom
C)hypha
D)mold



4Fungi are ________, meaning they secrete enzymes for extracellular digestion and then absorb the digested nutrients.



5Differentiate between saprophyte and parasite.



6The thin extensions of hyphae that penetrate living cells and absorb nutrients are called ________ and are found in many parasitic fungi.



7Fungal species with septa are coenocytic.
A)True
B)False



8Fungi reproduce asexually be mitotic production of haploid vegetative cells called ________.



9List the four major phyla of Kingdom Fungi.



10Fungi have cell walls made of cellulose.
A)True
B)False



11The phylum ________ has sexual spores borne externally on club-shaped structures.



12The phylum ________ has motile sperm with flagella.



13________ occurs when haploid cells from two fungal mating strains fuse their cytoplasms.
A)Karyogamy
B)Plasmogamy
C)Syngamy
D)Zygogamy



14________ occurs when dikaryotic cells fuse their two nuclei to become a diploid zygote.
A)Karyogamy
B)Plasmogamy
C)Syngamy
D)Zygogamy



15In the phylum Zygomycota, hyphae are modified into ________ (holdfasts), ________ (connective hyphae), and ________ (upright filaments supporting asexual sporangia).



16During sexual reproduction in bread molds, the hyphae of + and – strains touch and form ________ which appear as swellings.



17Ascomycetes reproduce asexually via modified hyphae called ________, which are chains of beadlike spores.
A)gametangia
B)sporangiophores
C)basidiophores
D)conidiophores



18Dikaryotic cells contain two haploid nuclei that are not fused.
A)True
B)False



19In kingdom Fungi, the zygote is the only diploid stage.
A)True
B)False



20A lichen is a symbiotic relationship between an ascomycete fungus and a photosynthetic ________.



21Describe two ways that fungi affect your life.







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