Among rust, smut and mushroom all the three -

Are pathogens

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Are saprobes

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Bear ascocarps

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Bear basidiocarps

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Solution

The correct option is D Bear basidiocarps
Rust, smut and mushroom belong to phylum basidiomycetes of kingdom Fungi. In these fungi, basidiospores are exogenously produced on the basidium. The basidia are arranged in fruiting bodies called basidiocarps.
Rust is a parasitic fungi, smuts are mostly Ustilaginomycetes which causes plant disease and mushroom is fungi which grows above ground.
So, the correct answer is 'bear basidiocarps'.

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Among rust, smut and mushroom, all the three

The common characteristics shown by mushroom smut and rust is a) characterised by presence of basidiocarps .

b) characterised by presence of ascocarps

C) all are pathogens

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