Instructions In this exercise, you will choose one organism (or research all of them) from the provided list and determine 1) what the formal name scientific name of each Linnean category below, 2) at
Example Organism Classification Worksheet
This is what the Module 2 worksheet should look like: a complete classification of an organism including each major taxonomic rank and the characteristics that define each group. I’ve chosen a fungus as an example, specifically a mushroom forming fungus called the fly agaric. This is a poisonous mushroom, but also has been used as a hallucinogen by indigenous peoples of northern Europe and Asia.
The organisms that you will be classifying are all animals. If you cannot find a good defining characteristic, chances are that the group is now classified based on molecular data (DNA sequences).
Common name + formal Latin binomial nomenclature (this should be italicized): Amanita muscaria
Kingdom: Fungi
Defining characteristic(s):
eukaryotic organism that have cell walls composed of chitin
exoenzymes that digest organism molecules outside the body
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Defining characteristic(s):
filamentous fungi that reproduce sexually by forming spores in basidia
Class: Agaricomycetes
Defining characteristic(s):
used to be classified by morphology but now this group is based on DNA sequencing
Order: Agricales
Defining characteristic(s):
gills on the underside of the mushroom
Family: Amanitaceae
Defining characteristic(s):
bilateral, divergent lamella trama
inflated cells in the stem tissue
Genus: Amanita
Defining characteristic(s):
reduced volva (cup-like structure at base of mushroom)
reduced universal veil
Species: Amanita muscaria
Defining characteristic(s):
spore inamyloidy (fungal tissue does not contain starch)
The organisms that you will be classifying are all animals. If you cannot find a good defining characteristic, chances are that the group is now classified based on molecular data (DNA sequences).
Common name + formal Latin binomial nomenclature (this should be italicized): Amanita muscaria
Kingdom: Fungi
Defining characteristic(s):
eukaryotic organism that have cell walls composed of chitin
exoenzymes that digest organism molecules outside the body
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Defining characteristic(s):
filamentous fungi that reproduce sexually by forming spores in basidia
Class: Agaricomycetes
Defining characteristic(s):
used to be classified by morphology but now this group is based on DNA sequencing
Order: Agricales
Defining characteristic(s):
gills on the underside of the mushroom
Family: Amanitaceae
Defining characteristic(s):
bilateral, divergent lamella trama
inflated cells in the stem tissue
Genus: Amanita
Defining characteristic(s):
reduced volva (cup-like structure at base of mushroom)
reduced universal veil
Species: Amanita muscaria
Defining characteristic(s):
spore inamyloidy (fungal tissue does not contain starch)
