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Easy
questions
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1.
Which fungus is the deadliest in Latvia? |
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Destroying
Angel |
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The
Deathcap |
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Deadly
Fibrecap |
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Devil's
Bolete |
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Horn of
Plenty |
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Lurid
Bolete |
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2.
What
does the hymenophore of Yellow Chanterelle look like? |
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gills |
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teeth |
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tubes |
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is
smooth |
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folds |
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labyrinth |
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3.
Which one of these boletes has very unpleasant taste, but is not
poisonous? |
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Bay
Bolete |
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Slippery
Jack |
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Bitter
Bolete |
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Ghost
Bolete |
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Edible
Bolete |
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Alder
Bolete |
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4.
What shape of fruit-body has the fungus
named Horn of Plenty? |
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net-shaped |
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funnel-shaped |
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ear-shaped |
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club-shaped |
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star-shaped |
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coral-shaped |
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5.
Which fungus has been used as a treatment
against alcoholism by
folk-medicine? |
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Peppery
Milkcap |
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Witches'
Butter |
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False
Morel |
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Common
Ink-cap |
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Scarlet
Elfcup |
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Sulphur
Tuft |
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6.
Which
mushroom is almost never invaded by insect larvae?
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Slippery
Jack |
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Yellow
Chanterelle |
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Cep |
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The
Gypsy |
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Saffron
Milkcap |
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Pavement
Mushroom |
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7.
How does the Parasol Mushroom taste? |
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like
hazel-nuts |
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like
sweets |
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like
garlic |
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like
rotten eggs |
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like
anise |
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like
peppers |
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8.
Which fungus has teeth under its cap? |
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Sheep
Polypore |
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Wood
Cauliflower |
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Common
Puffball |
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Hedgehog
Fungus |
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Thimble
Morel |
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Black
Truffle |
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9.
How does the color of Horse Mushroom's flesh change, when it has been bruised? |
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to pink |
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to
green |
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to
purple |
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to
yellow |
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to
black |
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to
brown |
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10.
Which fungus does not grow on wood?
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Prunes-and
-Custard |
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Devil's
Urn |
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Sulphur
Tuft |
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Pine
Firefungus |
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Scarlet
Elfcup |
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Grey
Saddle |
Difficult
questions
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1.
Which
mushroom's active biochemical substances do suppress tuberculosis
bacteria to some degree? |
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Chicken-of-
the-Woods |
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Velvet
Shank |
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Saffron
Milkcap |
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Brown
Rollrim |
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Cultivated
Mushroom |
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Man on
Horseback |
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2.
Which popular fungus can stimulate cancer, according to the research by
Scandinavian scientists? |
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Rufous
Milkcap |
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Common
Puffball |
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Wooly
Milkcap |
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Honey
Fungus |
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Ugly
Milkcap |
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Parasol
Mushroom |
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3.
Which color of fungi spores is very rare? |
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brown |
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black |
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green |
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white |
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pink |
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yellow |
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4.
What is the circumference of the largest Giant Puffball ever registered
in Latvia? |
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666 cm |
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96 cm |
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101 cm |
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106 cm |
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206
cm |
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166
cm |
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5.
What
specific substance, also found in insects, does make up the cell membranes of
fungi? |
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starch |
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methane |
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nitroglycerine |
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cellulose |
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spirit |
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chitin |
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6.
What is the name of
symbiosis between fungi and higher plants? |
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mycorrhiza |
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biophytism |
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saprophytism |
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luminescence |
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necrophytism |
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metamorphosis |
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7.
What
is the name of "fungi sugar"? |
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maltose |
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saccharose |
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lactose |
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trechalose |
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glucose |
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micose |
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8.
What substance serves as fungi
reserve
nutrient? |
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glycogen |
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water |
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starch |
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glycerine |
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resin |
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linoleum |
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9.
What
is the name of a disgusting, bad-smelling, sticky substance, where the spores of
Stinkhorn develop? |
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sporangium |
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annulus |
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gleba |
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smog |
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receptaculum |
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squelch |
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10.
What
does the Deathcap have at the base of its stalk? |
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hypha |
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ascus |
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apothecium |
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basidium |
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volva |
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annulus |
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