Fungi and Plants

BIO 104 STUDY GUIDE

1. You should know the general characteristics associated with fungi.

2. You should know the following general terms associated with fungi:

spore, hyphae, fruiting body, mycelium, substrate.

3. You should be able to place the representative fungi that we discussed in their

respective Phyla.( Zygomycota, Basidiomycota, Ascomycota, or Imperfect Fungi)

4. You should know the following specific terms that are associated with the various

fungi that we discussed: zygospore, sporangium, ascocarp, ascus, ascospore,

basidiocarp, basidium, basidiospore, cap, gills, stipe, conidia, and conidiospore.

5. You should be able to distinguish characteristics of the various types of fungi we

discussed from characteristics that do not belong to the fungus.

6. You should be familiar with the various types of symbiotic relationships fungi

are involved in including lichen and mycorrhizae. Know the three varieties of

lichen.

7. You should be able to visually recognize the types of fungi, phyla, and various

structures associated with the following diagrams as represented in your labbook:

Black Bread Mold, Cup Fungi, and the Mushroom.

8. You should know the general characteristics associated with plants.

9. You should know the general characteristics of Bryophytes and Tracheophytes.

10. You should know the following terms which are associated with primitive plants:

gametophyte, sporophyte, antheridium, archaegonium, gemmae, gemmae cup,

capsule.

11. You should be able to place the representative plants that we discuss in their

respective phyla: Bryophyta, Hepaticophyta, Anthoceratophyta, Pterophyta,

Lycophyta, Coniferophyta, Ginkgophyta, Cycadophyta, Anthophyta and the

Divisions Angiosperms and Gymnosperms.

12. You should know the following terms associated with vascular plants:

xylem, phloem, rhizome, rhizoid, strobilus, pollen grain, seed, prothallium,

fiddlehead, frond, sori, ovule, staminate strobilus, ovulate strobilus.

13. You should know the characteristics associated with all representative plants

that we discuss as well as their lifecycles.

14. You should know the structure of a flower and know what is meant by the terms:

perfect, imperfect, staminate, pistillate, stamen, anther, pistil, ovary, style,stigma,

ovule, fruit, seed, petals, and sepals.

15. You should know the characteristics and lifecycle of a flowering plant.

16. You should be able to identify the plant, it’s phyla, and all structures that we

identify from the following diagrams in your labbook:

The moss lifecycle, the fern lifecycle, the pine lifecycle, and the flower structure.