What is the name of the type of fungus that inhabits

10. What is the name of the type of fungus that inhabits the roots of most plants and provides
nutritional benefits to the plants?
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11. A fungus is made up of filaments called what?
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12. Fungi have cell walls made of what?

13. What is a lichen? be specific
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14. What is the common name for members of the Sphenophyta (found commonly in wetter Iowa
roadside ditches)?
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15. What were the members of the Sphenophyta doing 300 million years ago?
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16. What are the 2 main groups of seed plants?
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17. What is a cycad?
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18. What are the 2 main groups of flowering plants, based on differences in their cotyledons, and give
an example of each?
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20. Pick 2 groups (5 points for each) of metazoans and provide the following information about each. 1)
give the common names of several members of the group 2) give a 1-3 sentence statement about some
aspect of its a) fossil record, b) ecology, and c) morphology. You can choose any group for which the
museum is not "under construction" with the exception of the chordate group which you will explore
below.
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