NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Gilled mushrooms have basidia located on the gills on the underside of the cap. The spores are dropped from the gills when mature. In boletes, the basidia are located in tubes within the flesh of the cap of the mushroom. The spores are released through pores in the surface of the underside of the cap.

Detailed explanation-2: -Basidiomycetes are be found in soil, logs, and tree trunks, as well as as plant parasites. Basidiomycetes are filamentous fungi with hyphae as their main structure. Most species reproduce sexually by producing four sexual spores from a club-shaped spore-bearing organ (basidium).

Detailed explanation-3: -The “gills” are actually compacted hyphae on which the basidia are borne. This group also includes shelf fungus, which cling to the bark of trees like small shelves. In addition, the basidiomycota includes smuts and rusts, which are important plant pathogens, and toadstools.

Detailed explanation-4: -These mushroom-producing basidiomyces are sometimes referred to as “gill fungi” because of the presence of gill-like structures on the underside of the cap. The “gills” are actually compacted hyphae on which the basidia are borne.