BESC Final Exam Questions
and Answers 2025-2026
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C. Zygomycota - ✅✅-Which group of organisms have coenocytic
hyphae?
A. Ascomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Zygomycota
D. Chytridiomycota
B. Basidiomycota - ✅✅-From which group of fungi did the organism that
made this hypha and structure pointed to by the arrow come?
A. Blastocladiomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Ascomycota
D. Zygomycota
C. Pilobolus - ✅✅-An example of the Zygomycota, that was discussed in
class and in your reading, developed a mechanism to actively propel its
sporangium toward the light, thus allowing it to continue its life cycle by
passing through an herbivores gut. The name of this fungus is?
A. Aspergillus
B. Uromyces
C. Pilobolus
D. Neurospora
D. Glomeromycota - ✅✅-In class we discussed 4 major groups (phyla) of
fungi in your reading from Deacon, that was provided to you as a pdf, which
of the following groups was also discussed in depth?
A. Kixellomycota
B. Planeromycetes
C. Balistosporomycetes
,B. Ascomycota - ✅✅-Which group of fungi make conidia?
A. Zygomycota
B. Ascomycota
C. Blastocladiomycota
D. Chytridiomycota
C. Basidiomycota - ✅✅-Which group of fungi make clamp connections?
A. Zygomycota
B. Ascomycota
C. Basidiomycota
D. Chytridiomycota
C. A & B - ✅✅-Which group of organisms contain a dikaryotic cell during
part of their life cycle?
A. Ascomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. A & B
D. Neither A or B
A. Chytridiomycota - ✅✅-From which group of fungi did the organism that
made this spore come from?
A. Chytridiomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Ascomycota
D. Zygomycota
- ✅✅-see powerpoint for question 10
- ✅✅-see powerpoint for question 11
C. Ascomycota - ✅✅-From which group of fungi did the organism that
made this septum come?
A. Blasocladiomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Ascomycota
D. Zygomycota
, A. True
B. False
A. True - ✅✅-Fungi occupy their own kingdom of life, wholly separate from
plants and animals.
A. True
B. False
B. False - ✅✅-The primary ecological niche of fungi is to fix carbon through
photosynthesis.
A. True
B. False
True - ✅✅-The septa of the Ascomycota have a pore, allowing cytoplasm
and organelles to migrate freely from one cell compartment to the next.
A. True
B. False
D. both A and B - ✅✅-Which of the following is (are) a role of the fungal
spore?
A. reproduction
B. dispersal
C. neither A or B
D. both A and B
D. both A and B - ✅✅-Why are Ascomycota and Basidiomycota considered
to be "sister" taxa?
A. both have septa
B. both have dikaryotic cells
C. neither A or B
D. both A and B
C. Production of zoospores - ✅✅-*evolutionary diagram* For
the landmark labeled "Y" (between Zygomycota and
Blastocladiomycota), what trait form then following was lost as fungi
adapted to produce the groups that exist today?
and Answers 2025-2026
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C. Zygomycota - ✅✅-Which group of organisms have coenocytic
hyphae?
A. Ascomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Zygomycota
D. Chytridiomycota
B. Basidiomycota - ✅✅-From which group of fungi did the organism that
made this hypha and structure pointed to by the arrow come?
A. Blastocladiomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Ascomycota
D. Zygomycota
C. Pilobolus - ✅✅-An example of the Zygomycota, that was discussed in
class and in your reading, developed a mechanism to actively propel its
sporangium toward the light, thus allowing it to continue its life cycle by
passing through an herbivores gut. The name of this fungus is?
A. Aspergillus
B. Uromyces
C. Pilobolus
D. Neurospora
D. Glomeromycota - ✅✅-In class we discussed 4 major groups (phyla) of
fungi in your reading from Deacon, that was provided to you as a pdf, which
of the following groups was also discussed in depth?
A. Kixellomycota
B. Planeromycetes
C. Balistosporomycetes
,B. Ascomycota - ✅✅-Which group of fungi make conidia?
A. Zygomycota
B. Ascomycota
C. Blastocladiomycota
D. Chytridiomycota
C. Basidiomycota - ✅✅-Which group of fungi make clamp connections?
A. Zygomycota
B. Ascomycota
C. Basidiomycota
D. Chytridiomycota
C. A & B - ✅✅-Which group of organisms contain a dikaryotic cell during
part of their life cycle?
A. Ascomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. A & B
D. Neither A or B
A. Chytridiomycota - ✅✅-From which group of fungi did the organism that
made this spore come from?
A. Chytridiomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Ascomycota
D. Zygomycota
- ✅✅-see powerpoint for question 10
- ✅✅-see powerpoint for question 11
C. Ascomycota - ✅✅-From which group of fungi did the organism that
made this septum come?
A. Blasocladiomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Ascomycota
D. Zygomycota
, A. True
B. False
A. True - ✅✅-Fungi occupy their own kingdom of life, wholly separate from
plants and animals.
A. True
B. False
B. False - ✅✅-The primary ecological niche of fungi is to fix carbon through
photosynthesis.
A. True
B. False
True - ✅✅-The septa of the Ascomycota have a pore, allowing cytoplasm
and organelles to migrate freely from one cell compartment to the next.
A. True
B. False
D. both A and B - ✅✅-Which of the following is (are) a role of the fungal
spore?
A. reproduction
B. dispersal
C. neither A or B
D. both A and B
D. both A and B - ✅✅-Why are Ascomycota and Basidiomycota considered
to be "sister" taxa?
A. both have septa
B. both have dikaryotic cells
C. neither A or B
D. both A and B
C. Production of zoospores - ✅✅-*evolutionary diagram* For
the landmark labeled "Y" (between Zygomycota and
Blastocladiomycota), what trait form then following was lost as fungi
adapted to produce the groups that exist today?
