Question

Match the fungus with its group.

Column I	Column II	Column III
Rhizopus	Ascomycete	Smut fungi
Penicillium	Phycomycete	Sac fungi
Ustilago	Deuteromycete	Bread mould
Colletotrichum	Basidiomycete	Imperfect fungi

• A. (1)-(iii)-(b), (2)-(i)-(a), (3)-(iv)-(c), (4)-(ii)-(d)
• B. (1)-(ii)-(c), (2)-(i)-(b), (3)-(iv)-(a), (4)-(iii)-(d)
• C. (1)-(iv)-(c), (2)-(iii)-(a), (3)-(i)-(d), (4)-(ii)-(b)
• D. (1)-(i)-(d), (2)-(ii)-(c), (3)-(iii)-(b), (4)-(iv)-(a)

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Rhizopus is a bread mould which has aseptate and coenocytic mycelium and belongs to phycomycetes. Penicillium has a septate and branched mycelium and belongs to ascomycetes, also called sac fungi. Ustilago or smut has a septate and branched mycelium and it belongs to basidiomycetes. Colletotrichum shows only the asexual phase. Hence, it belongs to deuteromycete or imperfect fungi.