Mycology MCQs (Quiz 7)

Mycology MCQs (Quiz 7) (Microbiology Quiz Series)
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1. The classification system dividing fungi into Gymnomycota, Mastigomycota, and Amastigomycota was proposed by _________________________

 Constantine J. Alexopoulos and Charles W. Mims

 Carl Linnaeus and Robert Whittaker 

 Ernst Haeckel

 Robert Whittaker and Ernst Haeckel

2. Which division of fungi includes organisms that entirely lack cell walls at any stage of their life cycle?

 Mastigomycota

 Ascomycota

 Amastigomycota

 Gymnomycota

3. Mastigomycota includes fungi that primarily produce ___________________

 Basidiospores

 Flagellated spores

 Conidia

 Ascospores

4. Gymnomycota consists of organisms that are primarily ______________________

 Chemosynthetic

 Photosynthetic

 Autotrophic

 Phagotrophic

5. The evolutionary relationship among fungi, animals, and plants is best studied using _____________________

 Colony morphology

 Molecular phylogenetics

 Spore color

 Hyphal diameter

6. Unlike higher plants, fungi do not possess ___________________

 Vascular tissues

 Cytoplasm

 Nuclei

 Cell walls

7. The mycelium of Mastigomycota is generally _____________________________

 Fragmented

 Pseudoseptate

 Septate

 Coenocytic

8. Zoospores bearing a single, posterior whiplash flagellum are typically produced by members of __________________

 Hyphochytridiomycetes

 Chytridiomycetes

 Oomycetes

 Plasmodiophoromycetes

9. Which characteristic is shared by fungi and animals but not by plants?

 Photosynthesis

 Cellulose cell walls

 Glycogen storage

 Alternation of generations

10. In fungal taxonomy, classes generally end with the suffix ______________

 -ales

 -mycetes

 -aceae

 -phycota

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