Chapter 34

Describe two ways in which fungi differ from other heterotrophic organisms in how they obtain and digest their food.

Explain how hyphae and cell walls made of chitin allow fungi to obtain nutrients from their environment.

Describe how fungi contribute to the terrestrial carbon cycle.

Name the two organisms that make up a lichen and describe how each partner benefits from the association.

Describe how fungi disperse.

Draw the life cycle of an ascomycete, and indicate the heterokaryotic stage.

Draw the life cycle of a basidiomycete, and indicate the heterokaryotic stage.

Name and describe several key innovations in the evolutionary history of fungi that allowed them to move from water to land.