This fungus prefers damp environments like those you may find in a basement. O A. flavus O A. niger R. stolonifer O P. notatum O C. albicans

What term describes the close association of a fungus with the root of a tree? a. arhizoid b. a lichen c. a mycorrhiza d. anendophyte

As noted in Section 46.7, mycorrhizal fungi help prevent carbon in the soil from escaping into the atmosphere. These fungi also benefit a host plant by providing it with a share of the phosphorus and nitrogen that their hyphae take up from soil. Most crop plants are capable of forming a relationship with mycorrhizal fungi, if any are present in the soil. Some people have suggested that inoculating soil with fungal spores could help reduce the use of industrially produced fertilizer. What are some potential advantages of using fungi, rather than chemical fertilizers, to enhance plant growth?

Why are fungi important decomposers? They produce many spores They can grow in many different environments They produce mycelia They recycle carbon and inorganic minerals by the process of decomposition.

What characteristic of Charales would enable them to survive a dry spell? sperm with flagella phragmoplasts sporopollenin chlorophyll a

The nutrition of some plants is enhanced by a mutually beneficial association between a root and a fungus. The association is known as _________. a. root nodule c. root hair b. mycorrhiza d. hypha

A horizontal underground stem that may or may not be fleshy and that is often specialized for asexual reproduction is called a (a) stolon (b) bulb (c) corm (d) rhizome (e) tuber

Consider an ecosystem where all the fungi not involved in mycorrhizae are eliminated. How would this affect nitrogen intakeby plants? Nitrogen intake would increase Nitrogen intakewould not change Nitrogen intakewould decrease Nitrogen intakewould stop.

Members of which phylum produce a club shaped structure that contains spores? Chytridiomycota Basidicmycota Glomeromycota Ascomycota

The yeasts whose fermentation reactions produce the carbon dioxide that makes bread rise are a type of _____. a. chytrid b. zygote fungus c. sac fungus d. club fungus