Question

How does the following organism reproduce by asexual methods?

Agaricus

Answer 1

Reproduction:

1. Reproduction is a process and an essential life process that involves the formation of a new organism or offspring by the parent organism.

Asexual reproduction:

1. It is a reproduction in which fertilization does not occur and no flowers are required for the formation of a new organism.
2. Budding, vegetative propagation, spore formation, fragmentation, etc are types of asexual reproduction in plants.

Reproduction in Agaricus:

1. Agaricus is a genus of mushroom i.e it is a type of fungus.
2. They reproduce via vegetative propagation which is by spore formation.
3. After maturation, the spores are dispersed in the air and during favourable conditions new individual develops.