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Fungi Flashcards 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) What are fungi more closely related to? Most fungi are multicellular or unicellular? What do fungi have cell walls made of? What are the threadlike fungal filaments called? Why are fungi heterotrophs like animals? Why are fungi different than animals? Fungi are similar to bacteria because fungi use what to obtain their nutrients? 8) Most plant diseases are caused by what? 9) What helps recycle organic matter in our ecosystem? 10) What is the most important decomposer in ecosystems? 11) How did fungi help plants become terrestrial? 12) What kind of entity is lichen? 13) Lichens are important pioneers on new land.. True or False 14) How long can lichens live? 15) What environmental conditions can lichens withstand? 16) What are lichens very sensitive to? 17) The mold Aspergillus may contaminate what foods? 18) The mold Aspergillus can secrete a carcinogenic (cancer-causing) liver toxin called what? 19) How are fungi similar to bacteria? 20) Do fungi produce chlorophyll? 21) Are fungi autotrophic (make their own food)? 22) Do fungi have a cell wall made of cellulose, like plants? 23) What is more susceptible to parasitic fungi: plants or animals? 24) Are most known species of fungi parasitic? 25) What is the general term for a fungal infection? 26) What is ringworm? 27) Where can ringworm appear? 28) Histoplasmosis is a disease from a fungus that is found in what? 29) What organ is affected by San Joaquin valley fever? Animals Multicellular Chitin Hyphae Because they cannot make their own food Because they cannot run or fly in search of food. Extracellular digestion. Fungi Decomposers Fungi by forming mycorrhizal associations and helping early plants to extract mineral nutrients from hostile soils An association between a fungus and cyanobacteria or green algae living together in a mass True Thousands of years Severe drought & Severe cold. Air pollution. Improperly stored bread, peanut butter, & jelly. Aflatoxin because fungi use extracellular digestion to obtain their nutrients No No No Plants No Mycosis A fungal disease of the skin. It is not a worm, but it leaves a rash in the shape of a worm. Any skin surface Soil that is rich in nitrogen (bat droppings). Lungs; it is a respiratory disease Fungi Flashcards 30) What do you call a fungus that only causes disease in people with a weakened immune system? 31) Vaginal yeast infections are the result of an overgrowth of what organism? 32) What type of infection occurs when a fungus called Candida invades the body through a break in the skin or when excess nutrients become available? 33) What type of organism is responsible for the distinctive flavors of some cheeses, such as Roquefort and blue cheese? 34) The first antibiotic discovered was produced from what type of organism? Opportunistic mycosis Fungus Yeast Infection Fungi Fungi