Lichens and Fungi Quiz

A symbiotic association between a fungus and a photosynthetic microorganism.

Fungi that live inside the intercellular spaces of plants.

Organisms used to assess environmental health, like lichens indicating air quality.

Occurs via fragmentation or soredia, clusters of hyphae with algae.

Two main types of fungi in lichens; ascomycetes are most common.

A phylum that forms arbuscular mycorrhizae with plants and reproduces asexually.

Phylum known for mushrooms, producing basidia and basidiospores.

Sexual spores produced by basidia in basidiocarps.

A type of mycorrhiza formed by Glomeromycetes with plant roots.

Fungi that recycle elements between living and nonliving worlds.

Symbiotic fungi living inside plant tissues, providing defense.

Ants that cultivate fungi in gardens for food, showing mutualism.

Common name for Basidiomycetes due to their club-like structures.

Fungal phylum characterized by a resistant zygosporangium as the sexual stage.

Fungal phylum that forms arbuscular mycorrhizae with plants, enhancing nutrient uptake.

Fungal phylum known for its elaborate fruiting body called basidiocarp that produces basidiospores.

Fungal phylum where sexual spores are produced in sacs called asci; also produces conidia for asexual reproduction.

A general term for a fungal infection occurring in animals.

Genus of fungi that secretes toxins such as vomitoxin, making food poisonous.

A supergroup that includes animals, fungi, and some related protists.

Amoebas with lobe- or tube-shaped pseudopodia, including slime molds.

A mass formed by plasmodial slime molds, undivided and containing diploid nuclei.

Multicellular aggregates where cells retain their membranes and can form fruiting bodies.

Unicellular amoebozoans found in soil and aquatic environments, known for being heterotrophic.

A parasitic entamoeba causing amebic dysentery in humans.

Aquatic producers that obtain energy from sunlight, key in food webs.