Mycology MCQs (Quiz 22) Posted on July 9, 2026Author agropublishers 0 1. The common bread mold Rhizopus belongs to ______________ Mucoromycota Ascomycota Glomeromycota Basidiomycota 2. The most common mode of asexual reproduction in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is _____________________ Budding Spore formation Fragmentation Binary fission 3. Specialized aerial hyphae that bear sporangia are called _________________ Appressoria Conidiophores Rhizoids Sporangiophores 4. Extensive branching of hyphae primarily increases _________________ Spore pigmentation DNA replication Cell wall thickness Nutrient absorption efficiency 5. The Five-Kingdom Classification system was proposed by ____________________ Charles Darwin Ernst Haeckel Carl Linnaeus Robert H. Whittaker 6. The fungal structure is correctly matched with its advantage _______________________ Vegetative mycelium — Spore dispersal Septate hyphae — Rapid cytoplasmic streaming only Septate hyphae — Efficient damage localization Coenocytic hyphae — Better damage localization 7. Plectenchyma is commonly found in fungal _______________________ Vegetative hyphae Fruiting bodies and sclerotia Conidia Zoospores 8. The fungal structure is correctly matched with its function _________________________ Haustorium: Anchorage to substrate Septum: Spore-producing structure Appressorium: Penetration of host tissues Rhizoid: Nutrient absorption from living host cells 9. ____________ is the enzyme responsible for cellulose degradation Amylase Cellulase Protease Lipase 10. The fungal term is correctly matched with its definition ___________________ Septum: Cross wall dividing hyphae Appressorium: Dormant survival structure Sclerotium: Nutrient-absorbing organ Haustorium: Anchoring structure Loading … Question 1 of 10
