Question

In which of the following fungi are asexual spores, called conidia, produced?
a. Colletotrichum
b. Agaricus
c. Claviceps
d. Mucor

• A. b and d
• B. a and b
• C. a and c
• D. a and d

Answer 1

The correct option is C a and c

Claviceps belong to ascomycetes group in which asexual spores are conidia, produced exogenously on the special mycelium called conidiophores.

Colletotrichum is a genus of fungi that are symbionts to plants as endophytes or phytopathogens. Colletotrichum belongs to the division of fungi called deuteromycetes, that reproduces only by asexual spores known as conidia.

Agaricus is a genus of mushrooms containing both edible and poisonous species. It belongs to the division basidiomycetes because in Agaricus the spores develop on projections that grow out from microscopic cells called basidia, rather than being enveloped within cells.

Mucor is a type of fungus seen in soil and plant leaves. They belongs to the category of phycomycetes and they undergoes asexual reproduction by zoospores or aplanospores.