Question

Choose the wrong statement

• A. Morels and truffles are poisonous mushrooms.
• B. Yeast is unicellular and useful in fermentation.
• C. Penicillium is multicellular and produces an- tibiotics.
• D. Neurospora is used in the study of biochemi- cal genetics.

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Morels are Ascomycetes with edible ascocarps that have fleshy sponge-like conical cap or pileus and a stalk like stipe, e.g., Morchella esculenta. Truffles are also edible members of Ascomycetes with tuber-like subterranean ascocarps that are often dug out with the help of trained dogs arid pigs, e.g.. Tuber aestivum.