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