Lab 7 - Fungi Virtual Lab- solved PDF

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Complete the table below. Part 1 Slide

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Fungus Foliose lichen

Shelf fungi

Portabella mushrooms

Fruticose lichen

Shitake mushrooms

Puffball Mushrooms

Aspergillus sp.

Part 2 Phylum

Distinguishing Feature (s)

Energy Acquisition

Common Habitats

Special Ecological Impact?

Human Use or Impact?

Ascomycetes

Flattened leaf, many layers

Photosynthesis, sunlight energy

Trunks of trees

Contribute to soil formation

Create natural dyes

Basidiomycetes

Woody

Digesting dead organic matter

Trees

Tree pathogens

Used to make herbal teas

Basidiomycetes

Fleshy gills under the cap

Minerals and organic materials from surroundings

Grasslands, fields

Helps build environmentally friendly battery

Edible mushroom used in many recipes

Ascomycetes

Shape of thallus

Photosynthesis, sunlight energy

Wet humid climates such as rain forests

Contribute to soil formation

Create natural dyes

Basidiomycetes

Umbrella shaped cap, brown in color

Decaying wood of deciduous trees

Excellent food source for wildlife

Extract used in medicine

Basidiomycetes

No open cap

Meadows, fields

Decomposers of dead organic material

Cap and spores used as medicine

Soils, decaying matter

Decomposers of dead organic material

Causes health problems such as infection

Sac fungi

Smooth surface, stipes are grey

Minerals and organic materials from surroundings Minerals and organic materials from surroundings By ingesting other organisms

Continue the table below. Exercise I. Slide

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Fungus Rhizopus sp.

Phylum

Distinguishing Feature (s)

Exercise II. Energy Common Habitats Acquisition

Special Ecological Impact?

Human Use or Impact?

Zygomycota

Rhizoids where sporangiophores are attached

Dead, damp, decaying matter

Soil, decaying fruits, bread

Decomposers of dead organic material

Used in industrial processes

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Morels

Sac fungi

Honeycomb-like upper portion

From tree roots

Forested areas around dead elm trees

Sustainable

Help remove harmful molecules from body; antioxidants

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Truffle

Sac fungi

Size and shapes of spores

From other plants

Below soil in forested areas

Important source of food for animals

Used in some cooking recipes

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Yeast

Sac fungi

Strings of connected budding cells

Organic compounds

Plants leaves, flowers

Increase nitrate and phosphorus leaching

Food manufacture

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Penicillium sp

Sac fungi

Greenish colonies and branching

Accumulated soil

Soil, air

Decomposers

Occasional causes of infection in humans...