Fungi Anatomy Quiz

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. The stipe is what part of the mushroom? The stalk The gills The cap The soil

2. The cortina is the what? Musical instrument with ear-piercing sounds Thin veil covering the gills Cap Gills

3. What is the pileus? The root The spores The gills The cap

4. What is the annulus? The annual celebration of Fungi The pattern of the gills The patterns on the stipe, useful for identification The ring on the stipe, remnant of the partial veil

5. What are 'lamellae'? Spores Gills Fruiting bodies Gifts

6. Where can you find the spores on a mushroom? Stipe Gills Pileus Cortina

7. What is the 'volva'? Cup-like structure at the base of the mushroom Netted patterning on the stipe of the mushroom Strands of white threads grouped together at the base of the mushroom Patterning on the cap of the mushroom

8. What are the 'mycelia' of a mushroom? Vegetative, thread-like actinobacteria The juvenile mushrooms The specific habitats of that species Vegetative, thread-like hyphae

9. If mushrooms don't have gills on the underside of the cap, they have what? Pores or teeth A bumpy surface laden with spores A fertile, smooth surface They always have gills

10. Lucky last! Gilled mushrooms are scientifically known as what? Agaricales Basidiomycetes Chytrids Sporangia