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Mutualistic relationships between a fungus and plant roots
are called - ANSWER-mycorrhizae
The fungal hyphae in mycorrhizae help plants by
absorbing ______ and water from the soil and sharing
these with the plant. The plants help the fungi by supplying
______ produced during photosynthesis - ANSWER-
minerals; carbohydrates
,Select all of the following that describe ascomycetes -
ANSWER-can form symbiotic partnerships with plants
can reproduce sexually and asexually
produce ascospores
some hyphae are dikaryotic
Select all the beneficial uses of ascomycetes for humans -
ANSWER-fermentation by yeast for bread, beer, and wine
making
source of the drug cyclosporine
fermentation to produce soy sauce
the antibiotic penicillin
, Dikaryotic hyphae, ascospores, and asci are structures
produced during ______ reproduction of a(n) ______
fungus - ANSWER-sexual; ascomycete
In asexual reproduction of ascomycetes, numerous
haploid ______ are produced on haploid hyphae -
ANSWER-conidia
Mushrooms, puffballs, bracket fungi, and bird's nest fungi
are examples of a group of fungi called the - ANSWER-
basidiomycetes.