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  • Question
  • The organism that starts out as amoeboid, phagocytic cells and converts to a sluglike pseudoplasmodium that migrates prior to development of a sorocarp belongs to which division?


  • Options
  • A. Ascomycota
  • B. Chytridiomycota
  • C. Myxomycota
  • D. Oomycota

  • Correct Answer
  • Myxomycota 


  • Fungi - Molds and Yeasts problems


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    • 1. __________ produce zygospores.

    • Options
    • A. Slime molds
    • B. Dimorphic fungi
    • C. Club fungi
    • D. Black bread molds
    • Discuss
    • 2. Fungi are generally not

    • Options
    • A. multicellular
    • B. containing cell walls
    • C. photosynthetic
    • D. spore-producing
    • Discuss
    • 3. Ecologically fungi are important because

    • Options
    • A. they act as decomposers and aid in nutrient cycling
    • B. they are a major cause of plant diseases
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. The amount of phagocytosis done by the Plasmodium

    • Options
    • A. is greater than by the water mold mycelium
    • B. is lesser than by the water mold mycelium
    • C. is equal to by the water mold mycelium
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. Fungi are important in the production of all of the following commercial products except

    • Options
    • A. bread
    • B. beer
    • C. cheese
    • D. rubber
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following does not represent a human disease caused by fungi?

    • Options
    • A. Ringworm
    • B. Cryptococcosis
    • C. Malaria
    • D. Jock itch
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following divisions of fungi produce uniflagellated zoospores?

    • Options
    • A. Ascomycota
    • B. Chytridiomycota
    • C. Oomycota
    • D. Zygomycota
    • Discuss
    • 8. __________ produce motile sexual and asexual spores.

    • Options
    • A. Slime molds
    • B. Dimorphic fungi
    • C. Club fungi
    • D. Water molds
    • Discuss
    • 9. Select the statement that does not apply to the kingdom Fungi

    • Options
    • A. The fungi are eukaryotic, multicellular, ingestive heterotrophs
    • B. Some fungi form beneficial interrelationships with plants
    • C. The fungal life cycle typically includes a spore stage
    • D. Certain fungi are natural sources of antibiotic substances
    • Discuss
    • 10. Fungi in the division Deuteromycota are characterized by the fact that

    • Options
    • A. they only reproduce sexually
    • B. they form sexual spores called deuterospores
    • C. they are incapable of sexual reproduction
    • D. a method of sexual reproduction has not been identified
    • Discuss


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