Fungi in the phylum Basidiomycota are the most important decomposers of wood because of their ability to break down _____.

Molecular evidence suggests that fungi _____.

Evidence that mycorrhizae, the mutualistic relationship between plants and fungi, existed from the beginning of the colonization of land comes from _____.

What is the major feature of glomeromycetes?

While hiking through a forest, you discover a fungus growing on the remains of a decaying tree trunk. You hypothesize that it is a basidiomycete fungus because it resembles a mushroom in shape and size. If your logic is correct, microscopic analysis of the tissue found in the stalk of this fungus will reveal the presence of _____.

Lichens are _____.

An ascus is _____.

A dramatic example of the pathogenicity of certain fungi is the dramatic decrease of the American chestnut tree by _____.

Two of the most common mycoses (fungal infections) in humans are _____.