Q. Which of the following is a non-hyphal unicellular fungus?
A) Yeast
B) Puccinia
C) Ustilago
D) Alternaria
Explanation
Yeast are unicellular, degenerated, non-mycelial, saprophytic fungi possessing no hyphae. But sometimes, chain of buds is formed during rapid growth, which may give false appearance of a mycelium and called as pseudomycelium
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