Fungi Life Cycle: Dikaryon and Diploid Cells
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What is the composition of the cell walls of fungi?

  • Chitin and polysaccharides (correct)
  • Starch and cellulose
  • Cellulose and lipids
  • Proteins and nucleic acids
  • Which structure in fungi is responsible for absorbing soluble organic matter from dead substrates?

  • Hyphae (correct)
  • Septae
  • Mycelium
  • Coenocytic hyphae
  • What is the term used for the network of hyphae in fungi?

  • Rhizoids
  • Mycelium (correct)
  • Conidia
  • Sporangium
  • In which distinct structures are various spores produced in fungi?

    <p>Fruiting bodies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of reproduction in fungi involves fragmentation, fission, and budding?

    <p>Vegetative reproduction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What process in the sexual cycle of fungi involves the fusion of two nuclei?

    <p>Karyogamy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the specific term for the phase in fungi when two haploid cells fuse to form diploid cells directly?

    <p>Dikaryophase</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of spores are endogenously produced in sporangium in phycomycetes?

    <p>Aplanospores</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the common term used for the fruiting bodies formed by fungi in which reduction division occurs leading to the formation of haploid spores?

    <p>Basidiocarp</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which class of fungi are commonly known as sac-fungi?

    <p>Ascomycetes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the type of mycelium that is aseptate and coenocytic?

    <p>Dikaryotic mycelium</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which process leads to the formation of a zygospore in fungi?

    <p>Fusion of two gametes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of spores are produced exogenously on conidiophores in fungi?

    <p>Conidia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which mycelium structure are asexual spores generally not found?

    <p>Basidiomycetes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the structure where ascospores are endogenously produced in fungi?

    <p>Ascus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of fungi are considered delicacies and include morels and truffles?

    <p>Ascomycetes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What process in fungi leads to the fusion of two vegetative cells producing a dikaryotic structure?

    <p>Plasmogamy</p> Signup and view all the answers

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