"Fairy rings" in lawns result from outward spreading circles of mycelia of mushrooms producing at their periphery, fruiting bodies called
A
Ascocarps
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B
Basidiocarps
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C
Sorocarps
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D
Pseudocarps
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Solution
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.