Mycology 1 Word Scramble

Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

Normal Size Small Size show me how

Question	Answer
List 4 enzymes produced by fungus to penetrate cell walls.	cutinases, pectinases, proteases, cellulases
List 4 tools used to ID or diagnose an unknown fungus.	Sexual structure, where its found, host, DNA analysis
List the 7 major taxonomic categories.	Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
What is the definition of fungi?	Achlorophylous, filamentous, reproduce via spores, obtain nutrients through absorption processes
Name 4 principle components of the plant cell wall.	Cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, pectin
Fairy rings in lawns are commonly produced by fungi in this group	Basidiomycota
The sexual spores of these fungi are formed within a "sac"	Ascomycota
Slime molds are in this group of fungal-like organisms	Protista
Many of these fungi produce large edible fruiting structures	Basidiomycota
These are the only true fungi known to have flagellated spores	Chytridiomycota
Most plant disease are caused by this group of fungi	Ascomycota
Yeasts used in making bread and beer are in this group of fungi	Ascomycota
True or false: There are no biographic fungi within the basidiomycetes	False
Name 2 important people in mycological or plant pathology	Elias Fries- founder of mycology; systema mycologicum Heinrich Anton de Bary- did a lot of work with p. infestus
Powdery mildew is produced by what group of fungi	Ascomycota
True or false: Unlike biotrophic fungi, saprobic fungi don't need a living host cell to obtain nutrition	True
The fungus that caused the Bengal famine is from this group	Ascomycota
A ________ is a type of spore formed within vegetative hyphae when a vegetative cell becomes rounded and thick walled. These spores remain in the soil for long periods...	Chlamydiospore
The collective mass of fungal filaments that represent organism is called _______	Mycellium
P. infestans is an important pathogen in this group of fungal-like	Oomycetes
Most of the asexual plant pathogenic fungi are in this group	Ascomycota
Most wood-decay fungi are in this group	Basidiomycota
Smuts are a group of devastating pathogens in this group	Basidiomycota
The sterol used in fungus membranes is called	Ergosterol
A ________ is a specialized structure used by biographic fungi to absorb nutrients from living cells w/o killing cells.	haustorium
_____ are small masses of compact, melanized fungal cells that can detach from the fungus and germinate like conidia to grow a new fungus thallus	sporangium
These fungi often produce large fruiting structure...mushroms and conks. Group?	Basidiomycota
Downy mildew disease are in what group?	Oomycetes
Name the 4 primary divisions of fungi	Basidiomycota, Ascomycota, Zygomycota, Chytridiomycota
The term ____ applies to organisms that cannot make their own food	heterotrophic
A plant pathogenic rust fungus that utilizes 2 diff hosts is called ?	heteroecious
A common term for an asexual fungal spore is____	conidium
A spore that has flagella and can swim is known as a _____	zoospore
The _____ refers to the sexual state of a fungus.	Telomorph
Basidiospores are produced on club-shaped structures called ______	Basidia
When a fungus mycelium grows w/o laying down septa periodically between cells, the condition of the hyphae is known as ______	coenocytic
Ascospores are borne in a specialized structure known as an ______	ascocarp
The term _____ refers to an organism that has 2 copies of each chromosome in its nuleus	Diploid
_____ is a single fungal filament of growth	hyphae
True or false: Post- harvest diseases are rarely a concern for growers	False
True or False: Fungal cell walls are composed mostly of cellulose	False
True or false: Most plant diseases are caused by anamorphs of Ascomycetes	True
True or false: Plant disease rarely happens in natural, undisturbed ecosystems	True
True or false: The Bengal Famine of 1943 was caused by a severe epidemic on rice caused by P. infestans	False
True or false: Fungi are predominantly haploid organisms	True
True or false: Smut fungi are minor pathogens in grain production worldwide	True
True or false: Most taxonomic systems are based upon structures in volved in asexual reproduction	True
True or false: Damping-off diseases can be caused by a number of different fungi or fungal-like organisms	True
True or false: The closest relatives to fungi in the Tree of Life are plants	False
True or false: Most fungal spores spread via water splashing	False
True or false: In fungi that reproduce both sexually and asexually, the sexual cycle is often initiated during stable environmental condition	True
True or false: Most fungi store their food as glycogen	True

Created by: 1694961860