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1. Fungi were once placed in the same kingdom as plants. What evidence suggests that fungi are very different from plants?

2. Make a simple labelled diagram of a hypha. Use your diagram to explain what is unusual about the cell structure of fungi

3. Some fungi are considered predatory-they can capture and kill nematodes and other tiny soil organisms. Conduct research to determine how they do it. How is this activity related to the availability of nitrogen?

4. in the absence of oxygen, yeast ferment sugar to obtain energy. This process releases carbon dioxide gas and ethanol (an alcohol). How do humans take advantage of this process in the manufacturing of foods and beverages?

5. Describe the symbiotic relationships between fungi and leaf- cutter ants, and between fungi and and cyanobacteria

6. Human fungal infections cause athlete's foot, vaginitis, ringworm, and aspergillosis. Use the Internet and other resources to determine the specific causes of these infections, how they are spread, and how they are treated

7. Wild mushrooms can be valuable and delicious, but eating the wrong mushroom can be deadly. Use the Internet and other resources to research which wild mushrooms are edible and most prized, and which are most dangerous