NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM FUNGI

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Fungi that hold their spores in club-shaped structure or cap belong to phylum ____
A
Basidiomycota
B
Ascomycota
C
Zygomyota
D
Deuteromycota
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Basidiomycetes also possess septate hyphae . The sexual spores, called basidiospores, are produced by a club-shaped structure called a basidium. In mushrooms the basidia are found along the gills or pores on the underside of the cap.

Detailed explanation-2: -Basidiomycota, large and diverse phylum of fungi (kingdom Fungi) that includes jelly and shelf fungi; mushrooms, puffballs, and stinkhorns; certain yeasts; and the rusts and smuts.

Detailed explanation-3: -The division of fungi known as the club fungi, Basidiomycota, includes some of the most familiar fungi. Mushrooms, puffballs, and shelf fungi are all members of this group, as are the plant rusts and smuts.

Detailed explanation-4: -The fungi in the Phylum Basidiomycota are easily recognizable under a light microscope by their club-shaped fruiting bodies called basidia (singular, basidium), which are the swollen terminal cell of a hypha.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Basidiomycota are those organisms that produce sexual spores (basidiospores) on basidia (Figures 1 and 2), often these are borne on distinctive basidiocarps or basidioma (Figure 2).

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