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1. What are fungi mainly?
2. What are the thread-like structures in fungi called?
3. What is the network of hyphae called?
4. What is the fungal cell wall mainly made of?
5. What are fungi called that feed on dead organic matter?
6. What is the association between fungi and algae called?
7. What is the association between fungi and roots of higher plants called?
8. Which fungus is unicellular?
9. How does yeast mainly reproduce vegetatively?
10. Name an asexual spore found in fungi.
11. What is the fusion of protoplasm in fungi called?
12. What is the fusion of nuclei in fungi called?
13. How is the dikaryotic phase represented in fungi?
14. What are coenocytic hyphae?
15. What type of mycelium is found in phycomycetes?
16. What are the motile spores of phycomycetes called?
17. Which fungus is commonly known as bread mould?
18. What are ascomycetes commonly called?
19. On which structures are conidia produced?
20. What are the sexual spores of ascomycetes called?
21. What are the sac-like structures containing ascospores called?
22. Which fungus is used in making bread and beer?
23. Which fungus produces penicillin?
24. What organisms are commonly included in basidiomycetes?
25. What is the fruiting body of basidiomycetes called?
26. Where are basidiospores produced?
27. Which fungus causes rust disease?
28. Which fungus causes smut disease?
29. Why are deuteromycetes called imperfect fungi?
30. What are the asexual spores of deuteromycetes called?
1. Fungi are mainly:
(a) Autotrophic
(b) Heterotrophic
(c) Chemotrophic
(d) Photosynthetic
2. The body of fungi is made up of thread-like structures called:
(a) Spores
(b) Hyphae
(c) Rhizoids
(d) Conidia
3. The network of hyphae is known as:
(a) Mycelium
(b) Sporangium
(c) Basidium
(d) Ascocarp
4. Cell wall of fungi is mainly composed of:
(a) Cellulose
(b) Peptidoglycan
(c) Chitin
(d) Lignin
5. Fungi that feed on dead organic matter are called:
(a) Parasites
(b) Saprophytes
(c) Symbionts
(d) Autotrophs
6. Association between fungi and algae is called:
(a) Mycorrhiza
(b) Symbiosis
(c) Lichen
(d) Parasitism
7. Association between fungi and roots of higher plants is called:
(a) Lichen
(b) Mycorrhiza
(c) Parasitism
(d) Saprophytism
8. Which of the following fungi is unicellular?
(a) Rhizopus
(b) Mucor
(c) Yeast
(d) Penicillium
9. Yeast reproduces vegetatively mainly by:
(a) Fragmentation
(b) Budding
(c) Binary fission
(d) Zoospores
10. Asexual spores in fungi include:
(a) Ascospores
(b) Basidiospores
(c) Conidia
(d) Oospores
11. Fusion of protoplasm in fungi is called:
(a) Karyogamy
(b) Meiosis
(c) Plasmogamy
(d) Sporulation
12. Fusion of nuclei in fungi is called:
(a) Plasmogamy
(b) Karyogamy
(c) Fragmentation
(d) Budding
13. The dikaryotic phase in fungi is represented by:
(a) 2n
(b) n
(c) n+n
(d) 3n
14. Coenocytic hyphae are:
(a) Septate
(b) Multinucleate without septa
(c) Uninucleate
(d) Branched only
15. Members of phycomycetes have:
(a) Septate mycelium
(b) Coenocytic mycelium
(c) No mycelium
(d) Unbranched mycelium
16. Motile spores of phycomycetes are called:
(a) Conidia
(b) Aplanospores
(c) Zoospores
(d) Basidiospores
17. Bread mould belongs to:
(a) Penicillium
(b) Rhizopus
(c) Agaricus
(d) Aspergillus
18. Ascomycetes are commonly known as:
(a) Club fungi
(b) Sac fungi
(c) Imperfect fungi
(d) Slime fungi
19. Conidia are produced on:
(a) Basidia
(b) Asci
(c) Conidiophores
(d) Sporangia
20. Sexual spores of ascomycetes are:
(a) Basidiospores
(b) Zoospores
(c) Ascospores
(d) Conidia
21. Sac-like structures containing ascospores are called:
(a) Basidia
(b) Asci
(c) Sporangia
(d) Hyphae
22. Which fungus is used in making bread and beer?
(a) Agaricus
(b) Saccharomyces
(c) Puccinia
(d) Alternaria
23. Which fungus produces the antibiotic penicillin?
(a) Rhizopus
(b) Penicillium
(c) Ustilago
(d) Agaricus
24. Basidiomycetes commonly include:
(a) Mushrooms
(b) Yeasts
(c) Slime moulds
(d) Diatoms
25. Fruiting body of basidiomycetes is called:
(a) Ascocarp
(b) Basidiocarp
(c) Sporangium
(d) Conidiophore
26. Basidiospores are produced on:
(a) Ascus
(b) Conidiophore
(c) Basidium
(d) Sporangium
27. Rust fungus belongs to:
(a) Rhizopus
(b) Aspergillus
(c) Puccinia
(d) Mucor
28. Smut fungus belongs to:
(a) Ustilago
(b) Penicillium
(c) Neurospora
(d) Alternaria
29. Deuteromycetes are called imperfect fungi because:
(a) They lack mycelium
(b) Only asexual stage is known
(c) They are unicellular
(d) They are aquatic
30. Asexual spores of deuteromycetes are:
(a) Basidiospores
(b) Oospores
(c) Conidia
(d) Zoospores