9.Each lichen is made up of a fungus (usually an ascomycete) and an alga (green or blue-green). 14.It is a member of the group of diseases known as tinea. 7.Most fungi prefer moist locations, but again there are exceptions, such as the fungi that grow on dried grains. 10.A sac, typically cylindrical in shape, in which the spores of ascomycete fungi develop. 11.A microscopic, club-shaped spore-bearing structure produced by certain fungi. 12.(in ferns and lower plants) a receptacle in which asexual spores are formed. 13.Yeast cells thrive on simple sugars. As the sugars are metabolized, carbon dioxide and alcohol are released into the bread dough, making it rise. 8.Never pick and eat wild mushrooms unless they've been identified by an expert! ... Cooking doesn't make a poisonous mushroom safe. In fact, you can be poisoned by breathing in the cooking fumes from some poisonous mushrooms. Even non-poisonous mushrooms can cause unpleasant reactions in people who are sensitive to them. 6.Saprophytes play an important role in soil biology. They break down dead and decaying organic matter into simple substances that can be taken up and recycled by plants. ... Saprophytic fungi use enzymes to decompose biologic material. Parasitic fungi destroy bacteria and other pathogens.