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Who raised the fungi to the status of an independent kingdom ?

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Whittaker (1969).
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ICSE-BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION-Test Your Progress (Very Short Answer Type Questions )
  1. Why pseudopodia are important in Amoeba ?

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  2. Write two characters and two examples of the kingdom Protista.

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  3. Who raised the fungi to the status of an independent kingdom ?

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  4. Name the branch of biology that deals with the study of fungi.

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  5. Differentiate between gametangial contact and gametangial copulation.

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  6. Name the fungus responsible for late blight of potato.

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  7. To which groups of fungi do the following belong? Ergot, puffballs, ...

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  8. Can obligate parasites be cultured on synthetic culture medium ?

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  9. Name a fungus which is important for its use in genetic studies.

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  10. The tip cell of the ascogenous hypha called the crozier is curved and...

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  11. Give the scientific term for a cell with two haploid nuclei of differe...

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  12. Give the scientific term for the symbiotic association of a fungus wit...

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  13. Give the scientific term for fruiting body of ascomycetes.

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  14. Give an example where somatogamy takes place.

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  15. Aside from lichens, name an another instance in the plant kingdom whe...

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  16. Is Rhizopus homothallic or heterothallic ?

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  17. What is the difference between a zoospore and an aplanospore?

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  18. Which organisms would you like to include in kingdom Fungi ?

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  19. Name any gill fungus.

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  20. Who discovered the phenomenon of heterothallism ?

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