Mycology MCQs (Quiz 7) Posted on June 16, 2026Author agropublishers 0 1. The evolutionary relationship among fungi, animals, and plants is best studied using _____________________ Spore color Colony morphology Molecular phylogenetics Hyphal diameter 2. Gymnomycota consists of organisms that are primarily ______________________ Phagotrophic Photosynthetic Autotrophic Chemosynthetic 3. Which characteristic is shared by fungi and animals but not by plants? Photosynthesis Alternation of generations Cellulose cell walls Glycogen storage 4. Zoospores bearing a single, posterior whiplash flagellum are typically produced by members of __________________ Hyphochytridiomycetes Plasmodiophoromycetes Chytridiomycetes Oomycetes 5. The mycelium of Mastigomycota is generally _____________________________ Septate Coenocytic Fragmented Pseudoseptate 6. Unlike higher plants, fungi do not possess ___________________ Nuclei Vascular tissues Cytoplasm Cell walls 7. The classification system dividing fungi into Gymnomycota, Mastigomycota, and Amastigomycota was proposed by _________________________ Carl Linnaeus and Robert Whittaker Constantine J. Alexopoulos and Charles W. Mims Ernst Haeckel Robert Whittaker and Ernst Haeckel 8. Mastigomycota includes fungi that primarily produce ___________________ Conidia Ascospores Basidiospores Flagellated spores 9. Which division of fungi includes organisms that entirely lack cell walls at any stage of their life cycle? Ascomycota Amastigomycota Mastigomycota Gymnomycota 10. In fungal taxonomy, classes generally end with the suffix ______________ -aceae -phycota -mycetes -ales Loading … Question 1 of 10