Kingdom Fungi (Phylum Ascomycota)

Question 1

Contains __% of all named fungal species and accounts for ~__% of fungi of medical importance

Answer 1

50% ;80%

Question 2

Sexual reproduction leads to the development of haploid spores, termed

Answer 2

Ascospores

Question 3

Ascospores are produced in a sac-like structure called

Answer 3

Ascus

Question 4

contains numerous asci

Answer 4

Ascocarps or ascomata

Question 5

leads to conidiation from a generative conidiogenous cell

Answer 5

Asexual reproduction

Question 6

Three medically important subphylum:

Answer 6

Taphrinomycotina, Saccharomycotina, Pezizomycotina

Question 7

contains the genus Pneumocystis, formerly classified under the kingdom Protozoa.

Answer 7

Taphrinomycotina

Question 8

contains the class Saccharomycetes belongs to order
Saccharomycetales

Answer 8

Saccharomycotina

Question 9

contains two classes: Eurotiomycetes and the Sordariomycetes

Answer 9

Pezizomycotina

Question 10

Characterized by vegetative yeast cells which proliferate by budding or fission.

Answer 10

Class Sacchharomycetes

Question 11

Class Sacchharomycetes do not produce_____

Answer 11

ascomata

Question 12

_____ is being formed by direct transformation of a budding
vegetative cell, by “mother-bud” conjugation, or by conjugation between two independent single cells.

Answer 12

The ascus

Question 13

Members include the anamorphic stage belonging to the genus Candida containing ~___anamorphic species and has teleomorphs in more than 10 genera

Answer 13

200

Question 14

1. Clavispora
2. Debaryomyces
3. Issatchenkia
4. Kluyveromyces
5. Pichia

Answer 14

Class Saccharomycetes

Question 15

Class Eurotiomycetes
Sexual reproduction leads to the formation of

Answer 15

ascomata containing asci with ascospores

Question 16

Class Eurotiomycetes seven orders that are pathogenic to humans viz.:

Answer 16

Onygenales
Eurotiales
Hypocreales
Capnodiales
Chaetothyriales
Microascales
Pleosporales
Ophiostomatales