DENDROLOGY

TREE IDENTIFICATION

IDENTIFICATION KEYS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What produces the spores?
A
The Sori
B
The Sorus
C
The Sporangium
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -primitive fungi produce spores in sporangia, which are saclike sporophores whose entire cytoplasmic contents cleave into spores, called sporangiospores.

Detailed explanation-2: -A spore is a cell that certain fungi, plants (moss, ferns), and bacteria produce.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sporangiospores are produced by fungi of the Chytridiomycetes and Zygomycetes groups, as well the Oomycetes, a group of fungi that is phylogenetically unrelated to the true fungi. The sexual propagation of the fungi that produce sporangiospores occurs via the zygospore.

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