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  • Slime molds differ from the moldy fungi


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  • A. in their mode of nutrition: phagocytosis for the slime molds; absorptive heterotroph for moldy fungi
  • B. in that the moldy fungi produce amoeboid or flagellated cells and the slime molds do not
  • C. Both (a) and (b)
  • D. none of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • in their mode of nutrition: phagocytosis for the slime molds; absorptive heterotroph for moldy fungi 


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    • 1. Which spore is on a club and results from the fusion of two nuclei from different strains of the same fungi?

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    • A. Ascospore
    • B. Basidiospore
    • C. Blastospore
    • D. Conidiospore
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following is correct?

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    • A. All members of heterotrophic organisms are also members of fungi, but not all members of fungi are members of heterotrophic organisms
    • B. All members of fungi are also members of heterotrophic organisms, but not all members of heterotrophic organisms are members of fungi
    • C. All members of heterotrophic organisms are members of fungi and all members of fungi are members of heterotrophic organisms.
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. __________ exhibit yeast-like growth at human body temperatures and mold-like growth at room temperature.

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    • A. Dimorphic fungi
    • B. Black bread molds
    • C. Sac fungi
    • D. Water molds
    • Discuss
    • 4. The most significant reason why fungi are not in the kingdom Plantae is that fungi

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    • A. are chemoorganotrophic heterotrophs
    • B. have unicellular and multi-cellular forms
    • C. are prokaryotes
    • D. are eukaryotes
    • Discuss
    • 5. The terms mycelium and hyphae are associated with

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    • A. algae
    • B. fungi
    • C. protozoa
    • D. viruses
    • Discuss
    • 6. The thallus of a mold consists of

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    • A. mycelium
    • B. spores
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. The basidiomycetes include plant parasites that can cause

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    • A. rust and smut diseases
    • B. candidiasis
    • C. ergot disease
    • D. Dutch elm disease & chestnut blight
    • Discuss
    • 8. Ergotism is responsible for all of the following except

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    • A. hallucinations
    • B. Irish potato famine
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. gangrene
    • Discuss
    • 9. An organism in the Deuteromycota has all the following except

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    • A. asexual spores
    • B. absorptive nutrition
    • C. ascospores, basidiospores or zygospores
    • D. a nucleus
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following is correct?

    • Options
    • A. All members of Sac fungus are also members of chemo-lithotrophic autotroph, but not all members of chemolithotrophic autotroph are members of Sac fungus.
    • B. All members of chemolithotrophic autotroph are also members of Sac fungus, but not all members of Sac fungus are members of chemolithotrophic autotroph.
    • C. All members of Sac fungus are members of chemolithotrophic autotroph, and all members of chemolithotrophic autotroph are members of Sac fungus.
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss


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