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Differentiate between sporangiospores and germspores.

Sporangiospores	Germspores
They are produced after mitosis in sporangium	They are produced by meiosis in the nucleus of zygospore.
They are multinucleate.	They are uninucleate.
They are formed in sporangia on the tip of sporangiophores.	They are formed in sporangia on the tip of promycelium
Sexual reproduction is not required.	They are formed only after conjugation.
They are mitospores	They are meiospores

Define parasexual life cycle

The lifecycle in which plasmogamy, karyogamy and hapolidization takes place at unspecified time and unspecified points is called parasexual lifecycle. This type of lifecycle is found in Deutromycetes.

Differentiate between poisonous and non-poisonous mushroom.

Poisonous Mushroom	Non poisonous Mushroom
They don't grow on wood.	They grow on wood and are edible.
No presence of work or insects	Presence of worm or insects.
Turns green or purple on cutting.	No changes in colour while cutting.
Silver spoon turns into black on cooking.	No change in colour on cooking
Upon tasting, burns or stings the tongue.	No action on tongue
Eg: A.phallioides, A.citrine, A.muscaria, Agaricus phacomyces etc.	Eg: Agaricus bisporous, Agaricus campestris, Bolitus edulis etc.

Name some antibiotics obtained from various species of fungi.

Name of antibiotics	Fungi
Aspergillin	Aspergillus niger
Penicillin	Penicillium chrysogenum
Penicillin B	P.notatum
Notatin	P.natatum

Write the common names of Zygomycetes and oomycetes.

The common name for Zygomycetes is "The conjugation fungi" and for Oomycetes is "The water moulds"

How does fungi imperfecti reproduce?

Fungi imperfecti lacks sexual phase in its lifecycle. However, it reproduces asexually by conidia along with some other types of spore like chalmydospores.

What are conidia?

During unfavorable condition with scarcity of food and moisture, the mycelium becomes septate and protoplast of hyphae forms round thin walled structures which are known as conidia. They are non motile resting spores.