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mushrooms and their structures

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A collective mass of hyphae are referred to as ------------
a)
Parasitic
b)
Fruiting
c)
Mycelium
d)
Spores
2.

Identify the image.

a)

Lichen

b)

Mushroom (the fruiting body)

c)

Puffball

d)

Rust

3.

An organism, such as a fungus, that cannot make its own food is called . . .

a)

autotrophic

b)

chemosynthetic

c)

heterotrophic

d)

photosynthetic

4.
Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, and Puffballs are . . . 
a)
Club Fungi
b)
Imperfect Fungi
c)
Sac Fungi
d)
Zygote Fungi
5.
The word basidium means
a)
sac
b)
club
c)
zygote
d)
bat
6.
The part of the mushroom one can see above ground is the
a)
basidium
b)
flower
c)
sapling
d)
fruiting body
7.
This part of the mushroom contains the reproductive structure
a)
gill
b)
stipe
c)
mycelium
d)
annulus
8.
The phylum Basidiomycota refers to the 
a)
Sac Fungi
b)
Zygote Fungi
c)
Club Fungi
d)
Poisonous Fungi
9.
Basidiomycetes produce
a)
zygospores
b)
basidiospores
c)
ascospores
d)
mariospores
10.

What is the top-most part of the fruiting body of a multicellular fungus, which is made of tightly-packed hyphae. It usually has gills underneath it.

a)

stalk or stipe

b)

cap

c)

mycelium

d)

ring or annulus

11.

What is the part of a fruiting body that supports the cap and is made of tightly packed hyphae?

a)

gills

b)

cap

c)

mycelium

d)

stalk or stipe

12.
Fungi are classified into three common phyla based on their:
a)
Taste
b)
Mycelium
c)
Smell
d)
Reproductive Structures
13.

What structure is #1

a)

Cap

b)

Gills

c)

Stalk

d)

Hyphae

14.

What structure is #2

a)

Gills

b)

Cap

c)

Stalk

d)

Cup

15.

What structure is #3

a)

Ring or annulus

b)

Cap

c)

Gills

d)

Stalk

16.

What structure is #4?

a)

Stalk or stipe

b)

Ring

c)

Cup

d)

Cap

17.

What is #5

a)

Cup

b)

Stalk

c)

Gills

d)

Hyphae

18.

What is #6

a)

Mycelium

b)

Hyphae

c)

Cup

d)

Stalk

19.

What is #7

a)

Hyphae

b)

Mycelium

c)

Cup

d)

Stalk

20.
What part of a fungus is described as long, thread-like structures that absorb nutrients?
a)
roots
b)
fruit body
c)
hyphae
d)
spores
21.

All mushrooms have scales.

a)

true

b)

false

22.

All mushrooms have stipes.

a)

true

b)

false

23.

Not all mushrooms have a ring or annulus.

a)

true

b)

false

24.

Many mushrooms are edible, while some are poisonous.

a)

false

b)

true

25.

All mushrooms have a cup.

a)

false

b)

true