Fungi Spores and Sporulation
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Which type of fungal spore is formed in a sac-like cell known as an ascus?

  • Ascospore (correct)
  • Chlamydospore
  • Basidiospore
  • Zygospore
  • Which type of fungal spore is borne externally in various ways from a conidiophore?

  • Chlamydospore
  • Basidiospore
  • Ascospore
  • Conidia (correct)
  • What is the primary characteristic of arthroconidia?

  • They are a type of zygospore
  • They are a type of conidia
  • They are formed by disarticulation of the mycelium (correct)
  • They are a type of basidiospore
  • What is the term for a fungus that can grow as either yeast or filamentous stages, depending on conditions of growth?

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

    What is the primary characteristic of blastoconidia?

    <p>They are formed from a budding process</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary characteristic of a zygospore?

    <p>It is formed during sexual reproduction in the Phycomycetes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of fungal spore is a thick-walled resistant asexual spore formed by direct differentiation of the mycelium?

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

    What is the term for fungi that cause superficial mycoses?

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

    What type of structure is responsible for producing asexual spores in Deuteromycetes?

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

    What is the term for a hypha that contains numerous nuclei?

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

    What is the term for a fungal infection of the blood?

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

    What is the characteristic of fungal cells?

    <p>Eukaryotic, cells contain membrane-bound cell organelles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for pigmented, dark-colored fungi?

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

    What is the primary function of a sporangiophore?

    <p>To bear a sporangium</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a spore formed by a change in portions of the thallus?

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

    What is the term for the sexual form of a fungus?

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

    What is the term for the vegetative body of a fungus?

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

    What is the term for a structure that arises from a basidium and supports basidiospores?

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

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