Chapter Quiz


1	Fungi in the Division Zygomycota have coenocytic hyphae.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	The Pilobilus fungi live on dung, and release their spores with force toward a light source.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Yeast, truffles, and powdery mildew are members of the Division Basidiomycota.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	The cup fungi produce a reproductive structure called an ascoma.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	All fungi in the Division Basidiomycota are non-poisonous and safe to eat.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	Penicillium and Aspergillus produce no known sexual structures.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	Fungi in the Division Deuteromycota consist of a fungus and an alga intimately associated in a spongy thallus.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	What is the name given to the delicate, tubular threads that make up the body of most fungi?
		A)	thalli
		B)	hyphae
		C)	zygospores
		D)	conidia


9	Fungi in the Division Zygomycota produce sexual reproductive structures called
		A)	basidiospores.
		B)	asci.
		C)	sporangia.
		D)	zygosporangia.


10	Another name for fungi in the Division Ascomycota is the
		A)	sac fungi.
		B)	club fungi.
		C)	Imperfect Fungi.
		D)	lichens.


11	Asexual reproduction in Ascomycetes and Basidomycetes is by means of
		A)	conidia.
		B)	ascospores.
		C)	basidiospores.
		D)	dolipores.


12	What is the name of the disease that affects the nervous system, and is caused by eating bread made from infected grain?
		A)	chestnut blight
		B)	botulism
		C)	ergotism
		D)	none of the above


13	Fungi from which division are used in baking and fermentation processes?
		A)	Basidiomycota
		B)	Ascomycota
		C)	Deuteromycota
		D)	Zygomycota


14	What is the name give to the club-like, spore-producing structure of fungi in the Division Basidiomycota?
		A)	zygosporangium
		B)	conidium
		C)	ascus
		D)	basidium


15	Mycellia which have two nuclei are said to be
		A)	imperfect.
		B)	dikaryotic.
		C)	bisexual.
		D)	haustoria.


16	Puffballs, shelf fungi, and rusts are all members of the Division
		A)	Deuteromycota.
		B)	Ascomycota.
		C)	Basidiomycota.
		D)	Zygomycota.


17	Fungi in the Division Deuteromycota
		A)	have no known sexual stage.
		B)	produce basidia.
		C)	have thalloid bodies.
		D)	all of the above.

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