FUNGI - MOLDS AND YEASTS QUIZ

__________ produce ascospores in an ascus.

Slime molds

Sac fungi

Dimorphic fungi

Club fungi

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__________ produce basidiospores.

Club fungi

Dimorphic fungi

Slime molds

Sac fungi

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Fungi are important to food webs because

they generate antibiotics that kill competing plants and animals

they have prokaryotic cell structure

they serve as key decomposers of dead organic matter

they are photoautotrophs

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Which of the following divisions of fungi produce uniflagellated zoospores?

Chytridiomycota

Ascomycota

Zygomycota

Oomycota

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The thallus of a mold consists of

mycelium

none of these

both (a) and (b)

spores

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The amount of phagocytosis done by the Plasmodium

None of these

is lesser than by the water mold mycelium

is equal to by the water mold mycelium

is greater than by the water mold mycelium

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__________ produce motile sexual and asexual spores.

Dimorphic fungi

Slime molds

Club fungi

Water molds

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

bread

beer

rubber

cheese

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The amount of chitin in the cell walls of the Plasmodium

is greater than the water mold mycelium

None of these

is equal to the water mold mycelium

is lesser than the water mold mycelium

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Ecologically fungi are important because

None of these

they act as decomposers and aid in nutrient cycling

Both (a) and (b)

they are a major cause of plant diseases

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