FUNGI - MOLDS AND YEASTS QUIZ

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

Oomycota

Ascomycota

Deuteromycota

Zygomycota

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Which of the following is not a member of the division Ascomycota?

Penicillium

Claviceps

Rhizopus

Aspergillus

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Water molds form flagellated spores are called

dinoflagellates

trichocysts

fruiting bodies

zoospores

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Saprophytic fungi

None of these

engulf their food in order to break it down.

both (a) and (b)

secure their food from dead organic materials

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Name the asexual spore(s)?

Sporangiospore

Conidia

All of these

Arthospores

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Fungi are important in the production of all of the following commercial products except

rubber

beer

bread

cheese

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Mushrooms are classified in which of the following division?

Ascomycota

Deuteromycota

Basidiomycota

Zygomycota

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Yeasts may undergo

homolactic fermentation

alcoholic fermentation

heterolactic fermentation

all of these

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The basidiomycetes include plant parasites that can cause

rust and smut diseases

ergot disease

Dutch elm disease & chestnut blight

candidiasis

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Yeast play an important role in the alcohol industry, converting pyruvic acid into carbon dioxide and ethyl alcohol by the process of

fermentation

respiration

glycolysis

Krebs cycle

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