BESC EXAMS SET VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE ANSWERS COMPLETE
PREPARATION FILE
●● The characteristic cell of fungi that grows via polarized growth is the
Answer: hyphae
●● You encounter a species of fungi you do not immediately recognize.
If you were to attempt to sexually cross this fungus with another known
fungus to determine its species, you would be using this concept to
identify it:
Answer: biological species concept
●● Within its cell wall a true fungus has this characteristic molecule:
Answer: chitin
●● A hymenium is
Answer: a specialized tissue from which ascospores are produced
●● A mass of many hyphae is called
Answer: mycelium
,●● What structure do Chytids produce spores within
Answer: sporangium
●● The fungus, Batracochytridium dendrobatitis, is the causal agent of
amphibian decline. This fungus produces
Answer: flagellate zoospores
●● Coenocytic hyphae does:
- possess simple septa
-have woronin bodies
-produce asci
-none of the above
Answer: none of the above
●● Which of these does not produce spores in a sporangium?
Answer: Ascomycota
●● If you were to see an unknown fungus under a microscope and see a
hyphae and simple septa, you would have evidence that this fungus is a:
Answer: Ascomycete
●● Which of these does not produce spores in the sporangium
Answer: Ascomycota
, ●● Which of these is a Zygomycete
Answer: Pilobolus
●● A homothallic fungus can
Answer: has both + and - mating type genes
●● True or False: Pilobolus is a chytrid that produces sporangia at the
apex of a transparent sporangiophore. The sporangiophore is capable of
orienting itself via thigmotropism to eject its sporangia towards blades
of grass.
Answer: More than one statement is untrue.
●● Which is the process by which spores are separated within sporangia
Answer: cytoplasmic cleavage
●● What group of fungi are known as the "sac fungi"?
Answer: Ascomycota
●● How many species of fungi did Hawksworth infer exist in the world?
Answer: 1,500,000
●● Zygomycetes produce asexual spores known as:
AND ACCURATE ANSWERS COMPLETE
PREPARATION FILE
●● The characteristic cell of fungi that grows via polarized growth is the
Answer: hyphae
●● You encounter a species of fungi you do not immediately recognize.
If you were to attempt to sexually cross this fungus with another known
fungus to determine its species, you would be using this concept to
identify it:
Answer: biological species concept
●● Within its cell wall a true fungus has this characteristic molecule:
Answer: chitin
●● A hymenium is
Answer: a specialized tissue from which ascospores are produced
●● A mass of many hyphae is called
Answer: mycelium
,●● What structure do Chytids produce spores within
Answer: sporangium
●● The fungus, Batracochytridium dendrobatitis, is the causal agent of
amphibian decline. This fungus produces
Answer: flagellate zoospores
●● Coenocytic hyphae does:
- possess simple septa
-have woronin bodies
-produce asci
-none of the above
Answer: none of the above
●● Which of these does not produce spores in a sporangium?
Answer: Ascomycota
●● If you were to see an unknown fungus under a microscope and see a
hyphae and simple septa, you would have evidence that this fungus is a:
Answer: Ascomycete
●● Which of these does not produce spores in the sporangium
Answer: Ascomycota
, ●● Which of these is a Zygomycete
Answer: Pilobolus
●● A homothallic fungus can
Answer: has both + and - mating type genes
●● True or False: Pilobolus is a chytrid that produces sporangia at the
apex of a transparent sporangiophore. The sporangiophore is capable of
orienting itself via thigmotropism to eject its sporangia towards blades
of grass.
Answer: More than one statement is untrue.
●● Which is the process by which spores are separated within sporangia
Answer: cytoplasmic cleavage
●● What group of fungi are known as the "sac fungi"?
Answer: Ascomycota
●● How many species of fungi did Hawksworth infer exist in the world?
Answer: 1,500,000
●● Zygomycetes produce asexual spores known as:
