Botany Study Guide
Fungus
1.
How do Fungi differ from slime molds?
2.
What is chitin? What fungus contains chitin?
3.
What is mycelium?
4.
How can Fungus help clean up oil spills?
5.
Rusts, Mildew, smuts, and stinkhorns are types of what?
6.
What is a pathogen? Parasite?
7.
Mycologists study __________________?
8.
Chytrids hurt populations of ________________?
9.
What are different types of ailments that people can get from fungus?
10.
What are the characteristics of the Kingdom Fungi?
11.
What is coenecytic hyphae?
12.
Sufu and tempeh are made from inoculating soybeans with bread mold. What are sufu and tempeh?
13.
Pilobolus can catapult is spores up to 8 meters away, where does id commonly grow?
14.
What is yeast? Why is it used in baking?
15.
What are puffballs? Can you find them in the four corners?
16.
What are Truffles? Morels?
17.
Dutch Elm disease and Chestnut blight are associated whit what fungus?
18.
Imperfect fungi is associated with athletes foot and ___________________?
19.
What is sac fungi? Club fungi?
20.
Is Stinkhorn a sac of club fungi?