Mycology MCQs (Quiz 8) Posted on June 16, 2026Author agropublishers 0 1. The disease known as damping-off in seedlings is commonly caused by members of the genus _______ Puccinia Pythium Penicillium Aspergillus 2. True slime molds are members of ______________________ Gymnomycota Ascomycota Zygomycota Basidiomycota 3. A characteristic feature distinguishing Oomycetes from true fungi is the presence of ____________________ Sexual reproduction Cellulose-rich cell walls Hyphae Spores 4. The absence of _______ distinguishes fungi from plants Nuclei Mitochondria Cell walls Chlorophyll 5. The common ancestor shared by fungi and animals is believed to be more recent than the common ancestor they share with _______________________ Plants Bacteria Protists Archaea 6. Oomycetes are commonly called ______________________ Water molds Club fungi True fungi Sac fungi 7. Sexual reproduction in Oomycetes is typically ___________________ Oogamous Somatogamous Conjugative Isogamous 8. In fungal taxonomy, orders generally end with the suffix _______ -mycetes -aceae -phycota -ales 9. __________________________ is the pathogen causing late blight of potato Albugo candida Phytophthora infestans Pythium debaryanum Saprolegnia parasitica 10. According to Alexopoulos and Mims, fungi belong to Kingdom _______ Monera Plantae Protista Mycetae Loading … Question 1 of 10