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Matching 1) ascospores 2) rhizoids 3) basidium A. penetrate bread B. mushroom C. ascus

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Fungal spores are usually responsible for the bright colors and fluffy textures of the molds that produce them.

A) True
B) False

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The toxin that allows Rhizopus to cause the rice disease known as seedling blight is actually produced by _________________ growing within the fungus.


A) Burkholderia
B) Clostridium
C) Staphylococcus
D) none of the choices
E) Burkholderia and Staphylococcus, but not Clostridium

F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

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Fungi are found primarily in which of the following environments?


A) marine
B) freshwater
C) terrestrial
D) arboreal

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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The hallucinogen LSD is a product of


A) yeasts.
B) zygomycetes.
C) ascomycetes.
D) basidiomycetes.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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______________ are particularly problematic for immunocompromised individuals, especially those with HIV/AIDS.

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Fungi


A) absorb nutrients from the environment.
B) take in food by phagocytosis.
C) generate ATP and reducing equivalents by photosynthesis.
D) all of these

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Some chytrids have true mycelia, but others may consist of a single cell or a small multinucleate mass.

A) True
B) False

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In mushrooms, the sexual spores are produced in a(n)


A) basidium.
B) ascus.
C) sporophyte.
D) sporangiophore.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Fungi


A) are eukaryotic organisms.
B) produce chlorophyll under aerobic conditions.
C) are prokaryotes or eukaryotes, depending on the species.
D) produce chlorophyll under aerobic conditions and are prokaryotes or eukaryotes, depending on the species

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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Diseases in animals caused by fungi are called


A) funguses.
B) mycoses.
C) dictyoses.
D) cystoses.

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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Included in the basidiomycetes are the


A) stolons.
B) puffballs.
C) yeasts.
D) smuts.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The sac fungi are distinguished from all other groups of fungi because their reproductive structures are


A) inside an ascus.
B) borne on basidia.
C) zygospores.
D) motile.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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The primary storage polysaccharide in Chytridiomycota is


A) glycogen.
B) cellulose.
C) starch.
D) none of the choices

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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Fungi are essential in industrial production of food and spirits.

A) True
B) False

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Edible truffles are in the fungal group termed __________, while edible mushrooms are in the fungal group termed __________.

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Ascomycota...

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The common bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer belongs to the


A) Zygomycota.
B) Ascomycota.
C) Basidiomycota.
D) Glomeromycota.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Recent analysis indicates that the chytrids are the most primitive division of fungi and that a single event resulted in the loss of flagella in the more advanced fungi.

A) True
B) False

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Sexual spores that are flagellated and produced by the chytrids are called ___________.

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Most fungi secure their nutrients from dead organic matter and are therefore called _________.

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