Problema 16 · Biología URV Test Practice: Eukaryotes and Fungi

a. Which fungal phylum is predominantly adapted to limnetic freshwater habitats and moist boggy soils?

Solución: c) Chytridiomycota

b. Which fungal group reproduces asexually primarily through non-motile sporangiospores enclosed within a sporangium?

Solución: b) Zygomycota

c. To which fungal phylum do puffballs (Lycoperdaceae) belong?

Solución: c) Basidiomycota

d. What is the cardinal reproductive feature that defines phylum Ascomycota?

Solución: c) Asci containing meiotic ascospores

e. Which fungus was the first eukaryote to have its nuclear genome fully sequenced?

Solución: b) Saccharomyces cerevisiae

f. Which hyphal structures anchor zygomycete molds (such as bread mold) to their growth matrix?

Solución: b) Branched rhizoids

g. Which fungal species drives industrial fermentation in brewing and baking?

Solución: b) Saccharomyces cerevisiae

h. In Basidiomycota, within which microscopic structure does karyogamy and meiosis take place?

Solución: b) Basidium

i. Which horizontal hyphae connect upright sporangiophore clusters across surfaces in Zygomycota?

Solución: b) Surface stolons (runners)

j. Which fungal phylum is collectively referred to as 'sac fungi'?

Solución: c) Ascomycota