Types of Plants & Fungi MCQs with Answers

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Cola seeds contain quantities of caffeine, a natural stimulant also found in coffee and tea.

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Volvox is a polyphyletic genus of green algae (Chlorophyta) that forms spherical colonies.

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Spirogyra, Volvox, and Chlamydomonas are all examples of algae.

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A French bean plant is a dicot (dicotyledon), meaning its seeds have two cotyledons or embryonic leaves.

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In oomycetes, the cell wall is made of cellulose, unlike true fungi which have chitin in their cell walls.

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In fungi, the nuclei are usually haploid, meaning they contain a single set of chromosomes.

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Aflatoxins are naturally occurring toxins produced by many species of fungus, particularly Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus.

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Botanic gardens maintain living plant collections primarily for scientific research, conservation, and education.

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The cell wall of fungi is made up of chitin, a tough polysaccharide also found in the exoskeleton of arthropods.

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Diatoms are also known as Golden Algae due to the golden-brown pigment fucoxanthin present in their cells.