A Researcher Discovers a New Species of Fungi That Forms

question 76

Multiple Choice

A researcher discovers a new species of fungi that forms hyphae, but not septa. This fungus also lacks multicellular fruiting bodies and does not appear to form either endomycorrhizae or ectomycorrhizae with plants. How should this fungus be classified?

• A)as a zygomycete
• B)as a chytrid
• C)as an ascomycete
• D)as a glomeromycete
• E)as a basidiomycete

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