Figure 311 Below Depicts the Outline of a Large Fairy Ring

question 68

Multiple Choice

Figure 31.1 below depicts the outline of a large fairy ring that has appeared overnight in an open meadow, as viewed from above. The fairy ring represents the furthest advance of this mycelium through the soil. Locations A-D are all 0.5 meters below the soil surface. Responses may be used once, more than once, or not at all.


-Orchid seeds are tiny, with virtually no endosperm and with miniscule cotyledons. If such seeds are deposited in a dark, moist environment then which of these represents the most likely means by which fungi might assist in seed germination, given what the seeds lack?

• A)by transferring some chloroplasts to the embryo in each seed
• B)by providing the seeds with water and minerals
• C)by providing the embryos with some of the organic nutrients they have absorbed
• D)by strengthening the seed coat that surrounds each seed

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