6. Most fungi are saprotrophic which means they need ______
Decaying matter
Living matter
7. The thalli of yeast are typically small globular and comosed of ________
Single cells
Multiple cells
8. _______ are important for decomposing wood and plant materials, there are also two groups of plant parasites
Basidiomycetes
Zygomycetes
9. Ascomycetes reproduce _______ by producing large amounts of spores called conidia
Asexually
Sexually
10. The sexual stage of the _______ has not been identified therefore they can not be classified traditionally
Fungi imperfeti
Zygomycetes
11. This phylum of fungi reproduces sexually by creating basidiocarps, which have basidiospores within
Basidioycota
Zygomycetes
12. The thalli of moulds are composed of tubular fillaments called _____
Hyphae
Fruiting bodies
13. Fungi _________ dead organisms
Decompose
Can't live with
14. The vegetative non fruiting body of a fungus is the _____
Thallus
Fruiting body
15. Mushrooms, puffballs, bracket fungi
Basidiomycota
Conidia
Glomeromycetes
Ascomycetes
16. Because fungi can tolerate unusual salt and acidic environments that usually inhibit bacteria, they are the cause of spoilage of fruit, pickles, and jams
True
False
17. Spores have been found many miles above the Earth's surface in wind currants
True
False
18. ___________ staining is used
Lactophenol cotton blue
Leishman's staining
19. The _________ form a monophyletic group of around 160 species that form ____________ in plant roots to supply minerals and nutrients
Arbuscular mycorrhizae
Moospores
20. ___________ form with a thick cell wall inside hyphae
