Question

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
In an ascocarp, ________.

• A. There are fertile and sterile hyphae
• B. Hyphae fuse, forming the dikaryotic stage
• C. A sperm fertilizes an egg
• D. Hyphae do not have chitinous walls

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

There are fertile and sterile hyphae

In and ascocarp, there can be sterile or fertile hyphae. The fertile hyphae grow taking part in reproduction and the sterile ones grow into an interwoven mass.

So the correct answer is "There are fertile and sterile hyphae".