Fungi and Fungal Diseases

This term describes fungi such as Trichophyton that trigger illness by digesting the skin protein keratin, which leads to inflammation just beneath and on the surface of skin.

This species is a common inhabitant of the human gastrointestinal tract which can be the opportunistic agent of oral thrush and yeast infections.

Entomophagous fungi are parasites of

Fungi that penetrate the root tip of a plant and form arbuscles next to the cell membrane are called

What do lichens and mycorrhiza both have in common?

Which of the four fungal phyla have no known means of sexual reproduction?

Which of the four fungal phyla produce conidiospores?

Dimorphic fungi

Fungal hyphae which lack cell walls are referred to as

What term describes a unicellular form of fungus?