Question

Some phyla of fungi produce two types of spores: sexual spores and asexual spores. Mark all TRUE statements about these different spores below.

		Sexual spores will be dispersed from the parent and germinate to form a new mycelium.
		Sexual spores fuse to form a diploid cell or diploid nucleus.
		The sexual spores produced by a fungus will have different combinations of alleles from the parent fungi.
		Sexual spores are more commonly known as “gametes”.
		Sexual spores are genetically identical to the fungal parent that produced them.
		Sexual spores are the products of meiosis, after gametes have fused to form a diploid nucleus.
		Sexual spores are produced after two, genetically different hyphae come together, and plasmogamy, karyogamy, and meiosis take place.
		Asexual spores are produced strictly through mitosis.
		Asexual spores are genetically identical to the fungal parent that produced them.
		Asexual spores will be dispersed from the parent and will germinate to form a new mycelium.

Answer 1

Sexual spores will be dispersed from the parent and germinate to form a new mycelium. True ( Both sexual and asexual spores are dispersed with the help of different agencies like the wind away from their parent body)

Sexual spores fuse to form a diploid cell or diploid nucleus.   false (Sexual spores are formed as a result of meiosis and they germinate to form haploid fungi body)

The sexual spores produced by a fungus will have different combinations of alleles from the parent fungi. true (sexual reproduction is a source of genetic variability that helps the fungus to adapt to the environment)

Sexual spores are more commonly known as “gametes”. false (spores are different from the gametes, gametes fuse to form diploid zygote)

Sexual spores are genetically identical to the fungal parent that produced them. false (Sexual spores are formed as a result of sexual reproduction involving meiosis hence genetically different)

Sexual spores are the products of meiosis after gametes have fused to form a diploid nucleus. true (Some fungi produce specialized sex cells called as gametes produced within gametangia)

Sexual spores are produced after two, genetically different hyphae come together, and plasmogamy, karyogamy, and meiosis take place. true (Plamogamy, karyogamy, and meiosis is common for all fungi)

Asexual spores are produced strictly through mitosis. True (spores are haploid and fungi are also haploid so asexual spores are produced by mitosis)

Asexual spores are genetically identical to the fungal parent that produced them. True (as these are the result of mitosis)

Asexual spores will be dispersed from the parent and will germinate to form a new mycelium. True