FUNGI - MOLDS AND YEASTS QUIZ

The fungus responsible for ergotism belongs to which of the following fungal divisions?

Deuteromycota

Ascomycota

Oomycota

Zygomycota

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Ascospores located in asci are found in

conidiocarps

ascocarps

plasmodiocarps

sorocarps

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Anaerobic degradation of proteins brought about by bacteria and fungi give the products like

both (a) and (b)

mercaptans and indole

H2S

None of these

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The bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer belongs to which of the following fungal divisions?

Deuteromycota

Zygomycota

Ascomycota

Oomycota

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The fruiting body of a mushroom is called

plasmodiocarps

basidiocarps

sorocarps

ascocarps

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An organism in the Deuteromycota has all the following except

asexual spores

ascospores, basidiospores or zygospores

a nucleus

absorptive nutrition

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Water molds belong to which division?

Basidiomycota

Ascomycota

Chytridiomycota

Oomycota

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The Acrasiomycota differ from the Myxomycota

in their cellular organization

None of these

Both (a) and (b)

in their mode of nutrition

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The amount of peptidoglycan in the cell walls of a mushroom

is exactly or approximately equal to the amount of chitin in the cell walls of a mushroom

None of these

is greater than the amount of chitin in the cell walls of a mushroom

is lesser than the amount of chitin in the cell walls of a mushroom

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Achlorophyllous means

leading in chlorophyll

unable to use CO2

none of these

lacking chlorophyll

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