Chapter 14

Distinguish between or among the following: hypha and mycelium; somatic and vegetative; rhizoids and haustoria; plasmogamy and karyogamy; sporangium and gametangium; heterothallic and homothallic; dikaryotic, monokaryotic, and diploid; parasitic and mutualistic; arbuscules and vesicles; endomycorrhizas and ectomycorrhizas.

What do zygospores, ascospores, and basidiospores have in common? Zoospores, conidia, aeciospores, and urediniospores?

Many fungi produce antibiotics. What do you think the function of the antibiotics might be for the fungi that produce them?