Mycology MCQs (Quiz 11) Posted on June 16, 2026Author agropublishers 0 1. Zoospores of Oomycetes possess _________________ Three flagella No flagella One flagellum Two unequal flagella 2. The process of killing all microorganisms in the substrate using high temperature and pressure is called ____________________ Sterilization Fermentation Incubation Pasteurization 3. According to mushroom biology, the visible mushroom is actually the _______ of the fungus Fruiting body Vegetative body Mycelium Hypha 4. The posterior flagellum of Oomycete zoospores is usually _____________________ Hairy Tinsel-type Whiplash-type Branched 5. In mushroom cultivation, the material used as a food source for fungal growth is called _____________ Compost tea Culture medium Substrate Spawn 6. The “seed” used in mushroom cultivation is commonly called ______________ Spawn Conidium Ascospore Basidiospore 7. The outermost layer of the cell wall of Cryptococcus neoformans is composed mainly of ___________________ Peptidoglycan Polysaccharide capsule Chitin Glucan 8. Most Ascomycetes possess _______ mycelium Coenocytic Aseptate Septate Non-cellular 9. Fusion of differentiated male and female gametes is known as ____________________ Oogamy Isogamy Somatogamy Conjugation 10. The fusion of nuclei following plasmogamy is termed ____________ Conidiation Sporulation Fragmentation Karyogamy Loading … Question 1 of 10