Multiple Choice Questions

The adaptive advantage associated with the filamentous nature of fungal mycelia is primarily related to...
  • flagellated spores.
  • Multicellularity probably evolved independently in fungi and animals.
  • Saclike structures.
  • An extensive surface area well suited for invasive growth and absorptive nutrition.
Plasmogamy can directly result in which of the following?Cells with a single haploid nucleus.Heterokaryotic cells.Dikaryotic cells.Cells with two diploid nuclei.
  • Animals
  • Glomeromycota
  • 2 or 3.
  • Prokaryotes.
If all fungi in an environment that perform decomposition were to suddenly die, which group of organisms would benefit the most, due to the fact that their fungal competitors have been removed?
  • Glomeromycota
  • 2 or 3.
  • Prokaryotes.
  • Conidiophores
Fungi obtain nutrients through...
  • cyanobacteria and green algae.
  • Saclike structures.
  • Absorption (External digestion)
  • All of the above.
What feature seen in chytrids supports the hypothesis that they diverged earliest in fungal evolution?
  • All of the above.
  • Saclike structures.
  • flagellated spores.
  • karyogamy and meiosis
Mycorrhizae are to the roots of vascular plants as endophytes are to vascular plants'...
  • leaf mesophyll.
  • Conidiophores
  • Glomeromycota
  • hyphae, mycelium
What sexual process in fungi generates genetic variation?
  • karyogamy and meiosis
  • flagellated spores.
  • A green algae.
  • cyanobacteria and green algae.
Fungi of the phylum Ascomycota are recognized on the basis of their production of...during sexual reproduction.
  • All of the above.
  • flagellated spores.
  • Conidiophores
  • Saclike structures.
The photosynthetic symbiont of a lichen is often...
  • A green algae.
  • ascomycete
  • Conidiophores
  • hyphae, mycelium
An important example of an interaction between fungi and certain other organisms is mycorrhizae, in which the fungal partners...
  • results in hereokaryotic or dikaryotic cells.
  • All of the above.
  • These sexual process generate genetic variation.
  • Help plants take up nutrients and water.
In most fungi, karyogamy does not immediately follow plasmogamy, which consequently,..
  • These sexual process generate genetic variation.
  • results in hereokaryotic or dikaryotic cells.
  • Fungi are heterotrophic; plants are autotrophic.
  • Help plants take up nutrients and water.
Lichens are symbiotic associations of fungi and...
  • cyanobacteria and green algae.
  • karyogamy and meiosis
  • Fungi are heterotrophic; plants are autotrophic.
  • Absorption (External digestion)
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