NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fruiting bodies develop from a vegetative mycelium. Formation of this mycelium starts with the germination of an asexual or sexual spore. Hyphae growing out of these spores grow at their tips, while branching subapically (Wessels 1986, 1990). Hyphal fusion promotes the formation of an elaborate hyphal network (Chap.

Detailed explanation-2: -The mycelium becomes entwined in whatever substrate it’s in, making an inseparable mass of substrate and mycelium. If environmental conditions are right, the mycelium will produce a mushroom, a.k.a. the fruiting body. The mushroom is actually the reproductive structure of this organism.

Detailed explanation-3: -The sporocarp (also known as fruiting body, fruit body or fruitbody) of fungi is a multicellular structure on which spore-producing structures, such as basidia or asci, are borne.

Detailed explanation-4: -A basidium is the fruiting body of a mushroom-producing fungus, and it forms four basidiocarps.