Mycology MCQs (Quiz 23) Posted on July 9, 2026Author agropublishers 0 1. The cup-shaped ascocarp, a fruiting body of an Ascomycete fungus, is called _______ Cleistothecium Perithecium Basidiocarp Apothecium 2. The most common form of fungal thallus is ______________________ Plasmodial Filamentous Colonial Unicellular 3. Apical growth enables fungi to ___________________ Produce chlorophyll Perform photosynthesis Rapidly colonize new substrates Fix atmospheric nitrogen 4. The sexual spore characteristic of phylum Mucoromycota is the _______ Zygospore Ascospore Basidiospore Conidium 5. The phylum _______________ is considered among the most primitive true fungi Glomeromycota Basidiomycota Chytridiomycota Ascomycota 6. ___________ is the enzyme responsible for protein degradation Cellulase Lipase Pectinase Protease 7. The correct sequence of taxonomic hierarchy is ____________________ Species → Genus → Family → Order→ Kingdom→ Class Kingdom → Class → Family → Genus→ Phylum → Order→ Species Kingdom → Genus → Family → Order→ Phylum → Species Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species 8. _______________ is NOT a fungal spore Basidiospore Plectenchyma Ascospore Conidium 9. The hyphal type is correctly matched with its example _______ ________________ Mucor — Septate hyphae Aspergillus — Septate hyphae Rhizopus — Septate hyphae Penicillium — Coenocytic hyphae 10. Yeast reproduction by budding is an example of _____________________ Asexual reproduction Sexual reproduction Meiosis Conjugation Loading … Question 1 of 10
