SAPROPHYTIC FUNGI - ASEPTATE MEMBERS

Question 1

Give the saprophytic aseptate fungi specie with the given data:

• Very rapid growth; can fill a culture tube in one day.
• Unbranched sporangiophores.
• No rhizoids

Answer 1

Mucor spp.

Question 2

All aseptate members of saprophytic fungus are susceptible to ?

Answer 2

Cycloheximide

Question 3

All aseptate members of saprophytic fungus grow rapidly. True or False?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Spore-bearing structures of aseptate members are called ?

Answer 4

Sporangiophores

Question 5

Give the saprophytic aseptate fungi specie with the given data:

• Rhizoids are present.
• Sporangiophores nodal in origin.

Answer 5

Rhizopus spp.

Question 6

Give the saprophytic aseptate fungi specie with the given data:

• Very rapid growth. White to dark gray colonies with dense, cottony, aerial mycelium.
• Aseptate, hyaline mycelium, with short, branched sporangiophores, terminating into tips.
• Many tubular sporangia containing chains of spores.

Answer 6

Syncephalastrum spp.