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