FUNGI

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Date:_________________

1. Fungi specialize in _____________.

2. Fungi ___ and _________ dead ______, dead ______, _____, _____, _______, ____, _____, _____ and even ________ and ___ ____.

3. Fungi have been know to clog up ___ _____ in cars, and ____ _____ in jet planes.

4. In a moist climate like that of Louisiana, fungi can even live in _____ _____.

5. Fungi which feed on dead plants and animals are called ________.

6. Other fungi are _________.

7. Fungi secrete _______ which ______ outside of the fungi, then the fungi absorb the digested nutrients.

8. The fungi body includes a ________ composed of a mesh-work of microscopic _________ that spread all over the ____ ______.

9. Each filament is called a ______. ______ are reinforced with ______ which protects the hyphae.

10. Chitin is a ____________.

11. Fungi can be very _____.

12. Several years ago a fungi was discovered in Michigan which was an ____ in size.

13. Fungi reproduce ________ and _________.

14. Asexually, fungi reproduce by forming ______, fragments of ______, or ______ _______.

15. Sexually, fungi divide by ______ _______, but each new cell is _______.

16. ________ means that they have only ____ of their normal number of ___________.

17. The _______ cells grow, and then _____ with other _______ cells to form a complete ______. This type of sexual reproduction is called __________ ____________.

18. The fungi called ________ reproduce by spores which have ________.

19. Most Oomycota are _____ _________.

20. The Oomycota Phytophthora infestans infects ________ and ________.

21. Phytophthora infestans produced the ______ ______ which caused the Great Potato Famine in _______ between ____-____. This led to wide spread Irish ___________ to America.

22. A fungi in the class called __________ causes black bread mold.

23. The Zygomycota known as __________ are used to make bread and _________ _________.

24. Another Zygomycota forms ________, a favorite ___ food.

25. Another class of fungi are the Basidiomycota or the ____ _____.

26. Basidiomycota are _________.

27. Agaricus brunescenes is an ______ mushroom. However, others are _________ and still others are _____________.

28. Another _____ of fungi is Deuteromycota.

29. A Deuteromycota, known as ___________ produces the _____ flavor which is used to make _____ _____. It is preferred to real lemon because real lemon is an ___ that is not soluble in _____.

30. Another Deuteromycota is __________, the antibiotic.

31. Species of Deuteromycota produce athletes foot (____ ____), ________ and ______ ____.

32. _______ are a combination of a ______ and _____________, or a ______ and _____. They are found on _____ and the outer surface of _____.

33. Some lichens can _________ rock.

34. Lichens are not a _______, but a _________ ___________.

35. A _________ ___________ is when two species live together for the benefit of both.

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