General Fungi Quiz

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1. What is usually the role of fungi in an ecosystem? Producers Decomposers Consumers They don't have a role

2. Fungi belong to Kingdom Plantae. True False

3. Fungi reproduce by releasing: spores eggs pollen cones

4. One of the reasons fungi are not considered plants is: They don't have scientific names They do not have pretty flowers They do not have chlorophyll They aren't used in gardens

5. A fungus in a mutualistic relationship with an alga or cyanobacteria (or both) is called what? A vampire Karyogamy Haustoria Lichen

6. Fungi are more closely related to animals than plants. True False

7. Four fungal divisions are Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota, Ascomycota and what? Euglenozoa Basidiomycota Alveolata Rhizopods

8. What is the fungus called which has a mutualistic relationship with plant roots? Ascomycetes Shelf Fungi Mushrooms Mycorrhizae

9. Fungi can only live on land. True False

10. Mushrooms belong to which fungal division? Chytridiomycota Ascomycetes Basidiomycetes Zygomycetes