The fruiting body of a fungus contains many structures with eight haploid spores lined up in a row. This fungus belongs to the class:
1. | phycomycete | 2. | ascomycete |
3. | deuteromycete | 4. | basidiomycete |
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
1. Yeasts have filamentous bodies with long thread-like hyphae
2. Morels and truffles are edible delicacies
3. Claviceps is a source of many alkaloids and LSD
4. Conidia are produced exogenously and ascopores endogenously
Which one single organism or the pair of organisms is correctly assigned to its or their named taxonomic group?
1. Paramoecium and Plasmodium belong to the same kingdom as that of Penicillium
2. Lichen is a composite organism formed from the symbiotic association of an algae and a protozoan
3. Yeast used in making bread and beer is a fungus
4. Nostoc and Anabaena are examples of protista
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In a fungus like Neurospora, conidia can be distinguished from ascospores as:
1. ascospores are diploid, conidia are haploid
2. ascospores are produced only by meiosis, conidia are produced only by mitosis
3. ascospores have undergone genetic recombination during their production, conidia have not
4. ascospores are larger, conidia are smaller