Answer True or False for the following statements a A member

Answer True or False for the following statements:

a) A member of the Basidiomycota only produces a mushroom after plasmogamy occurs.

b) A member of the Basidiomycota only produces a mushroom after karyogamy occurs.

c) The spores produced by a mushroom are asexual, and genetically identical to the cells of the mushroom.

d) A basidium is a cell of the Basidiomycota in which karyogamy and meiosis take place.

Solution

a) A member of the Basidiomycota only produces a mushroom after plasmogamy occurs. FALSE

b) A member of the Basidiomycota only produces a mushroom after karyogamy occurs. TRUE

c) The spores produced by a mushroom are asexual, and genetically identical to the cells of the mushroom. FALSE

d) A basidium is a cell of the Basidiomycota in which karyogamy and meiosis take place. TRUE