| Question |
Answer |
| a fungus that is a parasite might feed on what? |
a person's skin |
| Where would you look to find a fungus spore? |
a mushroom cap |
| what type of reproduction produces fungi that is different to either parent? |
sexual reproduction |
| Fungi are classified into groups based partly on what? |
the shape of their spore producing structures |
| Yeasts differ from most other fungi beacause they are....... |
unicellular |
| Spore producing fungi that grow out of a fungus are called...... |
fruiting bodies |
| a lichen is a symbiotic assotiation between what? |
algae and fungi |
| Explain how a fungus feeds. |
the fungus grows their hyphae on the food source,then absorbs the nutrients from the food |
| Explain how sexual reproduction occurs in fungi |
The 2 fungi grow their hyphae together, until it gets big enough to become its own fungi. When it is done growing, it snaps off from the parents. (this only occurs when there is not enough nutrients to reproduce) |
| Explain how both organisms that make up a lichen benefit from their symbiotic mutualism relationship |
The fungi and algae both get enough minerals from the sun to perform photosynthesis |
Ch.18 LTI-MA 509
