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Describe the texture and the follow of the mycelium of a Penicillium culture.

Describe the texture and the follow of the mycelium of a Penicillium culture.

What advantage can you suggest for the positive phototropic response seen in many coprophilous fungi such as Pilolobus?

What advantage can you suggest for the positive phototropic response seen in many coprophilous fungi such as Pilolobus?

Refer back to the description of Pilolobus. Speculate about the adaptive advantage of having a system to propel sporangia, as seen in Pilolobus.

Refer back to the description of Pilolobus. Speculate about the adaptive advantage of having a system to propel sporangia, as seen in Pilolobus.

The body form of most fungi, including Rhizopus, is a mycelium composed of filamentous hyphae. Using your observations as a basis for your thinking, state why this body form is well adapted to the fungus mode of nutrition

The body form of most fungi, including Rhizopus, is a mycelium composed of filamentous hyphae. Using your observations as a basis for your thinking, state why this body form is well adapted to the fungus mode of nutrition

How could you distinguish the asexual sporangium from the zygosporangium?

Identify the sporangia, mycelia, and hyphae. What color are the sporangia and spores? Can you see the clear swelling below the sporangia? What is the function of this structure?

Identify the sporangia, mycelia, and hyphae. What color are the sporangia and spores? Can you see the clear swelling below the sporangia? What is the function of this structure?

How would spores produced by sexual reproduction differ from spores produced asexually?

How do the spores compare with the hyphal cells genetically?

Examine the hyphae and sporangia using the compound microscope. Are spores visible? How have the spores been produced? Is this sexual or asexual reproduction?