BESC 204 Exam #1 Question and
answers verified to pass
Mycorrhizae - correct answer ✔- Symbiotic relationships between fungal
hyphae and plant roots
Stachybotrys Chartarum - correct answer ✔- "Sick Building Syndrome
- Severe Hematologic and Neurological damage
Mycology - correct answer ✔- The study of fungi
- "Mykes" is greek for mushroom
- "Logos" is greek for discourse
How many kingdoms of life are there? - correct answer ✔- 5 or 6 is a
common answer, but there could be up to 30
According to Hawksworth, how many species of fungi likely exist? - correct
answer ✔- about 1,500,000
According to Meredith Blackwell, how many species of fungi likely exist? -
correct answer ✔- About 5,000,000
All fungi are - correct answer ✔- Heterotrophic eukaryotes with absorptive
nutrition (saprotrophs)
Eukaryote - correct answer ✔- A cell with a nucleus
- A cell with membrane-bound organelle
, Hyphae - correct answer ✔- The branching, threadlike tubes that make up
the bodies of multicellular fungi
- Collectively comprise the Mycelium
Hyphae collectively comprise the - correct answer ✔- Mycelium
Chitin - correct answer ✔- A structural polymer of glucose found in many
fungal cell walls
Amillaria Ostoyae - correct answer ✔- "Humongous Fungus"
- Largest living thing
- 2,200 acre fungus in Oregon (3.5 square miles)
- Estimated to be 2,400 years old
- Estimated to weigh 605 tons in mass
Fungal Hyphae of many species contain_______, a system for "cell
compartmentalization - correct answer ✔- Septa
Spores - correct answer ✔- Reproductive Propagules
- Usually microscopic
Sexual spores are a product of - correct answer ✔- Meiosis
Asexual spores are a product of - correct answer ✔- Mitosis
Sexual Spores - Product of Meiosis include: - correct answer ✔- Ascospores
answers verified to pass
Mycorrhizae - correct answer ✔- Symbiotic relationships between fungal
hyphae and plant roots
Stachybotrys Chartarum - correct answer ✔- "Sick Building Syndrome
- Severe Hematologic and Neurological damage
Mycology - correct answer ✔- The study of fungi
- "Mykes" is greek for mushroom
- "Logos" is greek for discourse
How many kingdoms of life are there? - correct answer ✔- 5 or 6 is a
common answer, but there could be up to 30
According to Hawksworth, how many species of fungi likely exist? - correct
answer ✔- about 1,500,000
According to Meredith Blackwell, how many species of fungi likely exist? -
correct answer ✔- About 5,000,000
All fungi are - correct answer ✔- Heterotrophic eukaryotes with absorptive
nutrition (saprotrophs)
Eukaryote - correct answer ✔- A cell with a nucleus
- A cell with membrane-bound organelle
, Hyphae - correct answer ✔- The branching, threadlike tubes that make up
the bodies of multicellular fungi
- Collectively comprise the Mycelium
Hyphae collectively comprise the - correct answer ✔- Mycelium
Chitin - correct answer ✔- A structural polymer of glucose found in many
fungal cell walls
Amillaria Ostoyae - correct answer ✔- "Humongous Fungus"
- Largest living thing
- 2,200 acre fungus in Oregon (3.5 square miles)
- Estimated to be 2,400 years old
- Estimated to weigh 605 tons in mass
Fungal Hyphae of many species contain_______, a system for "cell
compartmentalization - correct answer ✔- Septa
Spores - correct answer ✔- Reproductive Propagules
- Usually microscopic
Sexual spores are a product of - correct answer ✔- Meiosis
Asexual spores are a product of - correct answer ✔- Mitosis
Sexual Spores - Product of Meiosis include: - correct answer ✔- Ascospores
