Classification of the Fungi

Question 1

Eukaryotes are divided into five monophyletic lineages or supergroups as proposed by Adl et.al namely:

Answer 1

1. SAR (one clade consists of three groups viz., Stramenopiles, Alveolata, and Rhizaria)
2. Archaeplastida
3. Excavata
4. Amoebozoa
5. Opisthokonta — True fungi

Question 2

organisms that are not fungi sensu strictu (eg., Rhinosporidium
seeberi) that share fungal-like morphological features with the true fungi

Answer 2

Parafungi or pseudofungi

Question 3

Fungi Imperfecti also termed

Answer 3

“form-division Deuteromycota”

Question 4

fungi that reproduced asexually (sporogenesis)

Answer 4

Fungi Imperfecti

Question 5

capable of both sexual (teleomorph) and asexual
(anamorph) type of reproduction.

Answer 5

Perfect Fungi

Question 6

Domain

Answer 6

Eukarya

Question 7

Kingdom

Answer 7

Fungi (Mycetea)

Question 8

Phylym

Answer 8

mycota (Basidiomycota)

Question 9

Class

Answer 9

mycetes (Agaricomycetes)

Question 10

Order

Answer 10

ales (Agaricales)

Question 11

Family

Answer 11

ace (Agaricaceae)

Question 12

Genus

Answer 12

Agaricus

Question 13

Species

Answer 13

Agaricus bisporus

Question 14

Subphylum

Answer 14

mycotina

Question 15

7 phyla that constitute the true fungi

Answer 15

1. Ascomycota
2. Basidiomycota
3. Blastocladiomycota
4. Chytridiomycota
5. Glomeromycota (formerly Zygomycota)
6. Microsporidia
7. Neocallimastigomycota

Question 16

T or F: Ascomycota and Basidiomycota are classified as the subkingdom Dikarya

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Consists of four subphyla incertae sedis.

Answer 17

Glomeromycota

Question 18

Subphylum _______ accommodates Mucorales that includes the genera Lichtheimia (formerly Absidia), Mucor, Rhizomucor, and Rhizopus

Answer 18

Mucormycotina

Question 19

Subphylum Entomophthoromycotina has been created for the Entomophthorales that includes the genera

Answer 19

Basidiobolus and Conidiobolus