Mycology MCQs (Quiz 3) Posted on June 16, 2026Author agropublishers 0 1. Most of the lichen-forming fungi belong to phylum __________________ Chytridiomycota Ascomycota Glomeromycota Basidiomycota 2. Members of the phylum ________________ are commonly known as club fungi Zygomycota Basidiomycota Ascomycota Chytridiomycota 3. The first antibiotic obtained from a fungus was _______ Chloramphenicol Erythromycin Penicillin Tetracycline 4. Fungi play a major ecological role as _______ Decomposers Secondary producers Nitrogen fixers Primary producers 5. __________________ is the primary storage carbohydrate in fungi Cellulose Glycogen Sucrose Starch 6. A mass of interwoven hyphae is called _______ Ascus Basidium Sporangium Mycelium 7. The antibiotic streptomycin was discovered by _______ Louis Pasteur Selman Waksman Paul Ehrlich Edward Jenner 8. _____________________ is a parasitic fungus that causes ergot of rye, infecting flowers of rye and other cereal grains Rhizopus stolonifer Claviceps purpurea Puccinia graminis Ustilago maydis 9. ______________ is the group of fungi commonly known as sac fungi Basidiomycota Deuteromycota Ascomycota Zygomycota 10. Fungi reproduce primarily by _______ Fruits Flowers Seeds Spores Loading … Question 1 of 10
