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ICSE-BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION-Test Your Progress (Short/Long Answer Type Questions)
  1. Describe the association known as mycorrhizae, and explain how each p...

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  2. How are the delicate and soft fungal hyphae able to penetrate the har...

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  3. Why are the fungi known as the great decomposers ?

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  4. Very often people talk about the 'fairy rings' they most commonly see...

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  5. Why are some fungi grouped under "fungi imperfecti'?

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  6. Why is it necessary to incorporate forest soil along with a forest tr...

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  7. Mushrooms are biodegraders and proteins-rich food for us. Comment

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  8. Though yeasts do not produce a typical ascocarp they are still includ...

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  9. Name some fungi which are edible, those which yield drugs, and those ...

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  10. Name three modifications of fungal mycelium and mention their uses if ...

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  11. In what essential respects do the apothecium, perithecium and cleistot...

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  12. Which contributes more to the evolutionary survival of Ascomycotina -...

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  13. In what major ways do fungi influence human life?

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  14. Where are the yeasts found in nature ? Mention their economic importa...

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  15. Differentiate between Zoospore and Ascospore.

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  16. Differentiate between Zygospore and ascospore

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  17. Differentiate between Chlamydospores and oidia

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  18. Differentiate between Apothecium and perithecium

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  19. Differentiate between Conidia and basidiospores

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  20. Which characteristics best define fungi? Describe the body of fungi a...

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