IGCSE BIOLOGY-FUNGUS

Mushrooms are fungi.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Yeasts are fungi.

• YES

• NO

Fungi have cell walls made of cellulose, just like plants do.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Many fungi grow as hyphae.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The thread-like filaments of fungi are called

• hyphae.

• spores

• zygospores

One way that fungi are similar to plants is

• they both have cell walls made of cellulose.

• they both carry out photosynthesis.

• they both move rapidly from place to place.

• have membrane-bound nuclei, which contain DNA

1. __________ is the kingdom whose members include baker’s yeast and mushrooms.

2. Many fungi can make thread-like filaments called __________, which consists of haploid cells aligned end-to-end and which may form branches.

3. The cell wall of a growing plant cell is of made primarily of __________.

4. The cell wall of a fungus is made of __________.

5. Yeast can reproduce __________.