Mushrooms

Fungi obtain water and nutrients through hyphae.  What are hyphae?

• Hair-like structures to gather food in water environments
• Structures that help fungi to gather light.
• Structures that produce spores.
• Fibrous strands that will grow toward food or water.

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A collective mass of hyphae are referred to as ------------

• Parasitic
• Fruiting
• Mycelium
• Spores

Which describes fungi that are symbiotic in obtaining energy?

• Absorbing energy from dead or decaying organic matter
• Feeding on organisms in a way that benefits the host organism
• Using light to produce its own food.
• Capturing organisms and ingesting it. 

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What terms describes protists and fungi that gain their energy by feeding off dead and decaying organic matter?

• decomposers
• heterotrophs
• autotrophs
• symbiotic

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The cells walls in fungi are made of a material called _________

• cellulose
• fibers
• hyphae
• chitin

Why isn't a fungi considered a plant?

• It doesn't have leaves.

• It doesn't have chlorophyll.

• They don't like it.

• You can't eat it.

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Identify the image.

• Lichen
• Mushroom
• Puffball
• Rust

Identify the image.

• Lichen
• Mushroom
• Puffball
• Rust

An organism that cannot make its own food is called  . . . 

• autotrophic
• chemosynthetic
• heterotrophic
• photosynthetic

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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, and Puffballs are . . . 

• Club Fungi
• Imperfect Fungi
• Sac Fungi
• Zygote Fungi

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