Question

This Basidiomycota was not sexually reproducing at all collection sites the time of the study. When non-sexually reproducing, what part of the fungi was sampled? Use the scientific term from the manual and powerpoint.

Select one:

a. Tendrils

b. Ascogonium

c. Fruiting Bodies

d. Spores

e. Basidiospores

f. Hyphae

g. Mycorrhiza

h. Glomeromycotan Spores

Answer 1

The basidiomycota fungi was not sexually reproducing at the time of study,when non sexually reproducing the sampled part of the fungi was hyphae . Hyphae is the filament like structure which form the body of the fungi,in basidiomycota fungi the hyphae is septate and monokaryotic or primary. (Hyphae or mycelium is one of the character we consider at the time of fungal classification apart from the sexual reproduction )

The answer cannot be basidiospore as question mentioned that fungi was not sexually reproducing at that time and basidiospore is a sexual spore.

We can also consider spore in that case but the spore must be conidia (asexual spore ) which is produced by special hyphae known as conidiophore.

The answer cannot be tendril as it is a structure associated with angiosperms.

It cannot be ascogonium because it is a sexual reproductive structure of fungi.

The answer cannot be mycorrhizae as it denotes symbiotic relationship between fungi and roots of higher plants.