Biology 2 Chapter 28 Fungi Objectives

Objectives:

1. List characteristics that distinguish fungi from organisms in the other four kingdoms.

2. Explain how fungi acquire their nutrients.

3. Explain how non-motile fungi seek new food sources and how they disperse.

4. Describe the basic body plan of a fungus.

5. Distinguish between septate and aseptate (ceonocytic) fungi.

6. Describe some advantages to the dikaryotic state.

7. Distinguish among the fungal divisions Zygomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota and Deuteromycota and list some common examples of each.

8. Describe asexual and sexual reproduction in Zygomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, including a description of the sexual reproduction that characterizes each group.

9. Explain the difference between conidia and ascospres.

10. Explain why ascomycetes can be useful to geneticists studying genetic recombination.

11. Explain why the Deuteronycota are called imperfect fungi.

12. Describe the anatomy of lichens and explain how they reproduce.

13. Provide evidence for both sides of the debate whether symbiosis in lichens is parasitic of mutualistic.

14. Describe the ecological importance of lichens.

15. Explain why fungi are ecologically and commercially important.

16. Describe how the mutualistic relationship in mycorrhizea is beneficial to both the fungus and the plant, and explain its importance to natural ecosystems and agriculture.

17. Describe a scenario for fungal phylogeny and list two possible ancestors of Zygomcota.