Fungi

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Fungi: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Lichens, Classification of Fungi, Mycelium, Hyphae, Economic Importance of Fungi, Reproduction in Fungi, Asexual Reproduction in Fungi, Kingdom Fungi, Crustose Lichens, Deuteromycetes, Ascomycetes and, Basidiomycetes

Important Questions on Fungi

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The adhesive pad of fungi penetrates the host with the help of –

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Mycobiont is the fungal partner in lichen.

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Phycobiont is the fungal partner of a lichen.

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Define somatogamy.

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Define spermatisation.

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Define gametangial copulation.

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Define gametangial contact that occurs in fungi.

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What do you mean by oogamy?

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In planogametic copulation, the fusion of two nonmotile gametes takes place.

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Yeast reproduces asexually through the production of spores called ascospores.

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What are the two types of plectenchyma?

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All oomycetes fungi reproduce only through asexual means.

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An antibiotic called penicillin is obtained from a type of 

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Mention one fungus which reproduces by chlamydospore.

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Define oidia.

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What is Fruticose Lichens ?

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Give the characteristic features of foliose lichens.

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Which of the following structure help in vegetative propagation in lichen?

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The sexual reproduction that occurs in Zygomycetes is oogamous type.

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Which of the following is an example of the fungi that belong to the group Zygomycete?