Botany-Fungi

NEET Botany Fungi Assertion Reason Question

Type: Assertion Reason-assertion-Easy-Class 11

Assertion (A): Basidiomycetes include mushrooms, bracket fungi, and puffballs. | Reason (R): Basidiomycetes reproduce asexually by forming conidia on conidiophores.

A

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

B

Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

C

A is true but R is false.

D

A is false.

Correct Answer

Option C

Detailed Explanation

Basidiomycetes include mushrooms, bracket fungi, and puffballs, but they do not reproduce asexually by forming conidia on conidiophores. Conidia formation on conidiophores is characteristic of ascomycetes.

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