Fungi Review Questions

1. Describe how fungi obtain their food. [answer]
2. What are saprotrophs? [answer]
3. Name the four phyla (divisions) of fungi. [answer]
4. Draw the life cycle of a typical fungus. [answer]
5. Describe (or draw) the reproductive characteristics of each of the following types of fungi:
    zygospore fungi, sac fungi, club fungi.
6. State the function of each of the following: zygospore, ascocarp, ascus, basidiocarp, basidium.
7. Define hypha, dikaryotic, mycelium
8. Name the type of spore that is unique to each of the groups named above.
9. Tell why fungi are categorized in the imperfect fungi (Fungi Imperfecti). [answer]
10. Describe the structure of lichen. [answer]
11. How does the fungus in a lichen benefit? [answer]
12. What are mycorrhizae? How do they benefit plants? What do they get from the plants? What is an ecological term  that refers to this type of relationship? [answer]
13. List three differences between fungi and plants. [two differences, a third difference]
14. What is the function of a zygospore?
15. What name is used for the asexual spores produced by fungi? [answer]