UNIT 9: KINGDOM FUNGI VOCABULARY EXERCISE
Name __________________________________
Categorize the list of words into the appropriate column indicated by the group name. Each group is noted with
the number of words that fit under its category. Each word is only used once.
Basic structures of Fungi (11)
Symbiotic Relationships (4)
Aerial hypha
Mutualism
Rhizoids
Fruiting body
Mycelium
Septate hyphae
Haustorium
Mycorrhizae
Hyphae
Nonseptate hyphae
Lichens
Parasitism
Spores
Sporophore
Stolon
Categorize the list of words that fit into the right Phylum. Each group is noted with the number of words that fit
under its category. Each word is only used once. Words that are used more than once are listed the number of
times they fit under a different category.
Phylum Ascomycota (14) Phylum Basidiomycota (13)
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aerial hyphae with enclosed sac
aerial hyphae WITHOUT
enclosed sac
ascospores
basidiospores
bread molds
budding
cap
club fungi
club-shaped reproductive
structures
common molds
conidia
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different mating types
different mating types
different mating types
fruiting body
fruiting body
gills
morels
mushrooms
mycelia
mycelia
nonseptate hyphae
pencillin molds
puffballs
Phylum Zygomycota (9)
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rhizoids
sac fungi
sac-like reproductive structures
septate hyphae
septate hyphae
shelf fungi
sporangia
sporophore
sporophore
stipe
stolons
Yeast