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apologia module 4
used for studying for tests and quizzes
Question | Answer |
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Are most fungi autotrophic or heterotrophs? | Most are heterotrophs |
Are the fungi mostly parasitic or saprophytic? | Most are saprophytic but some are parasitic |
Where do fungi digest their food? | They digest their food outside of the bodies |
What is Extracellular digestion? | Digestion that takes place outside of the cell |
How to fungi reproduce? | All fungi reproduce by making spores |
What is a Mycelium? | The part of the fungus responsible for extracellular digestion and absorption of the digested food. |
What is Hypha? | A filament of fungal cells |
Is the mycelium a root system for the mushroom? | No. The mycelium exists through the entire mushroom |
What is a hyphae that is part of the mycelium called? | It is called a rhizoid hypha. |
What is a rhizoid hypha? | A hypha that is imbedded in the material on which the fungus grow. |
What are rhizoid hyphae responsible for? | They support the fungus and digest the food. |
What is a aerial hypha? | A hypha that is not imbedded in the material upon which the fungus grow |
What is sporophore? | Specialized aerial hypha that produces spores |
What is a Stolon? | An aerial hypha that asexually reproduces to make more filaments |
What is a haustorium? | A hypha on a parasitic fungus that enters the host's cells, absorbing nutrition directly from the cytoplasm |
What is a chitin? | A chemical that provides both toughness and flexibility? |