Fungi Anatomy Quiz

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 hyphae The specific habitats of that species Vegetative, thread-like actinobacteria The juvenile mushrooms

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

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