Question

3. Give an example of the following:
a. An edible fungus.
b. A fungus which helps in nitrogen fixation.
C. A fungus used in genetic researches.
d. A fungus used in making bread.
e. A fungus used in making cheese.
f. A fungus from which the first antibiotic was extracted.
g. A fungus which causes ergotism. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

a. truffles (Tuber spp.), matsutake (Tricholoma spp.) and porcini or cèpes (Boletus edulis). 

b.Several nitrogen-fixing symbiotic associations involve cyanobacteria (such as Nostoc): Some lichens such as Lobaria and Peltigera. Mosquito fern (Azolla species) Cycads.

c.Neurospora crassa is an ascomycete, the red bread mold.

d.A yeast called Saccharomyces cerevisiae is mixed with sugar, flour and warm water to make bread.

e.Fungi are important in the manufacture of two types of cheese—blue-veined cheeses, and Camembert and Brie.

f.Penicillium mould is the fungus from which the first antibiotic was extracted.

g.Ergot, fungal disease of cereal grasses, especially rye, caused by species of the ascomycete fungus Claviceps.

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