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The mycelium of fungus contains hyphae in which the cells have two nuclei belonging to different genomes. The fungus can be a member of:

AZygomycetes

BBasidiomycetes

CAscomycetes

DPhycomycetes

Answer:

B. Basidiomycetes

Read Explanation:

  • Basidiomycetes have a well-developed septate mycelium that has chitin in the cell wall.

  • These organisms may spend a majority of their life cycle as dikaryotes, where each cell contains two different haploid nuclei.

  • Basidiomycetes are the most advanced and most commonly seen fungi as their fructifications are often large and conspicuous.

  • These are the best decomposers of wood.

  • Examples are Mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls etc.

    Life cycle:

  • The life cycle of basidiomycetes has primary, secondary and tertiary mycelium.

  • They produce both haploid and dikaryotic mycelia, with the dikaryotic phase being dominant.

  • They generally reproduce sexually by forming basidiospores on a basidium.

  • In the basidium, nuclei of two different mating strains fuse (karyogamy), giving rise to a diploid zygote that then undergoes meiosis.

  • The haploid nuclei migrate into four different chambers appended to the basidium, and then become basidiospores.

  • Each basidiospore germinates and generates monokaryotic haploid hyphae that is called a primary mycelium.

  • Mycelia of different mating strains combine to produce a secondary mycelium that contains haploid nuclei of two different mating strains.

  • This forms the dominant dikaryotic stage of the basidiomycete life cycle and each cell in this mycelium has two haploid nuclei, which will not fuse until formation of the basidium.

  • Later, the secondary mycelium generates a basidiocarp (a fruiting body). The basidiocarp bears the developing basidia on the gills under its cap.


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