Question

The fungus without a mycelium is

• A. Rhizopus
• B. Saccharomyces
• C. Puccinia
• D. Phytophthora

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Saccharomyces

The body of the fungi is called Mycelium. But some of fungi are unicellular. eg:Saccharomyces (Yeast).

A.Rhizopus, a saprophytic fungi grow as filamentous, branching hyphae that generally lacks cell-wall.

B.Saccharomyces are the species of yeast with no hyphae (or mycelium).

C.Puccinia, a Basidiomycota fungi with filamentous hyphae.

D.Phytophthora os a genus of plant- damaging oomycetes. the oomycetes are often referred to as 'water-molds'. Also they rarely have septa (or hypha) and if they do it is scarce.

So, the correct option is ' Saccharomyces'.