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Kingdom Fungi Webquest
INTRODUCTION: In this Web Quest, the goal is to gain insight into the overall role fungi plays in relationship to
other organisms. You will be directed to “click” down a pre­planned trail of discovery. It is important that you follow
the trail. This will aid you in realizing your goal to discover the good and evil roles fungi play in the survival and
demise of humankind.
Click on the following link, read the information on the page and answer the questions on your paper.
Answer in complete sentences. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fungi/fungi.html
1. Name two ecological roles of fungi.
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B.
2. What are two fungi food sources?
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B.
3. Name and describe two fungal diseases.
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B.
Click on the following link, read the information on the page and answer the questions on your paper.
Answer in complete sentences. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fungi/fungifr.html
4. Explain why it is hard to find fossil records in layers of rock.
5. Where was the oldest fungal fossil found, and how old is it?
6. Draw and label a diagram of a mushroom. Include cap, gills, stalk, hyphae, mycelium, spores, and
ring.
Click on the following link, read the information on the page and answer the questions on your paper.
Answer in complete sentences. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fungi/fungilh.html
7. Why are some fungi known as Imperfect?
8. What two organisms make up Mycorrhizae? Explain how each benefit from this relationship.
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B.
Click on the following link, read the information on the page and answer the questions on your paper.
Answer in complete sentences. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fungi/fungimm.html
9. What makes up the cell walls of fungal cells?
10. This substance is classified as which type of organic compound (protein, carbohydrate, lipid or
nucleic acid)?
Fungi as food
http://bugs.bio.usyd.edu.au/learning/resources/Mycology/UsesOf_Fungi/industrialProduction/foodProc
essing.shtml
11. How are fungi used to make soy sauce?
12. What is a type of cheese made using fungi?
Fungi that cause disease
http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/infection/athletes_foot.html
13. How can someone get athlete’s foot?
14. What are the symptoms?
15. How do you get rid of athlete’s foot?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091015112138.htm
16. If there are millions of fungi, why are there only a few hundred that are harmful to humans?
Fungi as helpers:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/monocots/liliflorae/orchidales.html
17. How can fungus help an orchid grow?
http://herbarium.usu.edu/fungi/FunFacts/penicillin.htm
18. Who is credited with discovering Penicillin?
19. How does Penicillin work?
20.Why doesn’t Penicillin work on all bacteria?
College Readiness Standards­Science
I 16.2 Understand basic scientific terminology.
I 16.3 Find basic information in a brief body of text.