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"Fairy rings" in lawns result from outward spreading circles of mycelia of mushrooms producing at their periphery, fruiting bodies called

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Ascocarps
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Basidiocarps
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Sorocarps
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Pseudocarps
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The correct option is B Basidiocarps
Some basidiomycetes or club fungi (e.g., Agaricus campestris) produce basidiocarps. These aerial structures also called mushrooms. They occur in rings called 'fairy rings'. Basidiocarps of some fungi are edible.

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