NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fungi reproduce asexually by fragmentation, budding, or producing spores. Fragmentation: Mycelial fragments can form new colonies. Mycelial fragmentation occurs when the mushroom mycelium separates into fragments and each component grows into a separate mycelium.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fungi usually reproduce both sexually and asexually. The asexual cycle produces mitospores, and the sexual cycle produces meiospores. Even though both types of spores are produced by the same mycelium, they are very different in form and easily distinguished (see above Sporophores and spores).

Detailed explanation-3: -Fungi are a diverse group of organisms with a huge variation in reproductive strategy. While almost all species can reproduce sexually, many reproduce asexually most of the time.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fungi have evolved two paradigmatic sexual systems: heterothallism and homothallism (Figure 1). Heterothallic fungi require two compatible partners for mating to occur, whereas homothallic fungi are self fertile with a single individual capable of sexual reproduction even in solo culture.

Detailed explanation-5: -The deuteromycetes, commonly called molds, are “second-class” fungi that have no known sexual state in their life cycle, and thus reproduce only by producing spores via mitosis, This asexual state is also called the anamorph state.