Fungus Jeopardy 1. I am a type of fungus that grows around your toes. What am I? 2. I am a combination of algae and fungus. What am I? 3. I am a fungal disease caused by corn mold. What am I? 4. I am the only type of fungus that can move. What am I? 5. People once believed that mushrooms growing in a circle followed the path made by fairies dancing in a ring. What am I? 6. I am a type of fungus that grows on gardens created from piles of disks that ants have cut from living leaves. What am I? 7. I am a round or pear shaped fungus that contains spores. I sit directly on the ground or on a rotten log. I range in size from a golf ball to a watermelon. What am I? 8. I use a "shot gun" to blast my spores as far as possible. What am I? 9. If you were buying mushrooms I am the most expensive kind. What am I? 10. I am when on living organism is used to harm or kill another one. I occur especially in farming environments. What am I? 11. I am a fungus that causes the heart muscle, lining, or valves to be inflamed. What am I? 12. I am the edible type of mushroom that people collect in the midwest each spring. What am I? 13. I am the only type of fungus who reproduces through budding. What am I? Challenge: Create your own fungus question.       S. Baker 1999