Cell

Question 1

Atmosphere for Fungi

Answer 1

Warm and Humid and these are cosmopolitan

Question 2

What are chitosomes?

Answer 2

These are special vesicles having wall material occur near hyphal tips

Question 3

Food Reserves of Fungi

Answer 3

Glycogen and Mannitol

Question 4

Unicellular Sp.

Answer 4

Yeast

Question 5

Structure of Fungi

Answer 5

Filamentous bodies that consist of highly complex bodies of Hyphae

Question 6

Hyphae on basis of Septate

Answer 6

Coenocytic (Aseptate)

Septate

Question 7

Define Coenocytic Hyphae

And Examples

Answer 7

Continuous tubes filled with Multinucleate Cytoplasm

EX - Phycomycetes (Zygomycetes and Oomycetes)

Question 8

Define Septate Hyphae

And Examples

Answer 8

Have Septae or Cross Walls between cells

EX- Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes and Deuteriomycetes

Question 9

Cell wall and composition of ______

Answer 9

Made of Polymer of Chitin + Polysaccharides, that is,

NAG (N-Acetyl Glucosamine)

Question 10

Chitin shows similarity to _______ of insects

Answer 10

Exoskeleton

Question 11

Hyphae exhibit ____ growth

Answer 11

Apical (Individual cell arrangement and division)

Question 12

Lateral branches arise behind the apex in _______ order

Answer 12

Acropetal

Question 13

Modes of Nutrition

Answer 13

Heterotrophic(Major Mode)
Parasitic(Cause wheat rust in Puccinia)
Symbiotic(Form Lichens and Mycorrhizae)

Question 14

Motile Flagellated Species

Answer 14

Present in:
Oomycetes
Absent in:
Zygomycetes, Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes and Deuteriomycetes

Question 15

Major Phase of Fungi Life

Answer 15

Haploid (Diploid during Zygote nucleus)

Haplontic Life Cycle

Question 16

Fungi show _____ (Cell division)

Answer 16

Zygotic Meiosis

Question 17

ICBN

Answer 17

International Code for Botanical Nomenclature

Question 18

Division and Class must end in __________

Answer 18

Mycota and mycetes

Question 19

Different Characteristics of Classes of Fungi

Answer 19

Oomycetes - Most Primative
Zygomycetes - Conjugation Fungi
Ascomycetes - Largest Class and Sac Fungi 
Basidiomycetes - Most Advanced
Deuteriomycetes - Fungi Imperfecti

Question 20

Vegetative reproduction in Fungi

Answer 20

Fragmentation (Majorly in Basidiomycetes)
Budding (Common in Saccharomyces like Yeast)
Fission (Fission Yeast)

Question 21

Asexual Reproduction in Fungi

Answer 21

Sporulation-
Zoospores
Sporangiospores
Conidia

Question 22

Define Zoospores

Answer 22

Motile, uninucleate & naked, flagellate structures
Form endogeneous sac like structure
Attached to posterior end

Question 23

Sporangiospores (aplanospores)

Answer 23

Non motile unicellular spores formed endogenously
Anemochory and Produced in large number
Hyphae bearing terminal sporangium called Sporangiophore

Question 24

Conidia

Answer 24

Non motile unicellular spores borne exogenously at the tip of the hyphae.
Hypha bearing them is called conidiophore.

Question 25

Sexual Reproduction

Answer 25

1. Gametic copulation (common in Oomycetes)
2. Gametangial Contact (common in Oomycetes)
3. Gametangial Copulation (common in Zygomycetes)
4. Spermatization (common in Ascomycetes)
5. Somatogamy (common in Basidiomycetes) etc.

Question 26

Meiotic Spores, Germ Spores, Ascospores and Basidiospores are in

Answer 26

a) Meiotic zoospores by Oomycetes (after meiosis in 2n Oospore)
b) Germ spores in Zygomycetes (after meiosis in 2n Zygospore)
c) Ascospores in Ascomycetes (after meiosis in 2n Zygote)
d) Basidiospores in Basidiomycetes (after meiosis in 2n Zygote)

Question 27

Phycomycetes habitat

Answer 27

• Aquatic habitats
• On decaying wood in moist and damp places or
• As obligate parasites on plants.

Question 28

Zygospore is formed by

Answer 28

the fusion of two gametes

Question 29

Gametes show _______ and ______ types of gamy

Answer 29

isogamy, anisogamy or oogamy