Question

Items in which of the following pairs are unrelated :

• A. Ascocarp - Ascogonium
• B. Conidiophore - Metulae
• C. Basidiocarp - Gills
• D. Ascocarp - Archegonium

Answer 1

The correct option is D Ascocarp - Archegonium

• Here Ascocarp-Archegonium is not related. Ascocarp is the fruiting body that contains the ascocarp in asci (sac-like structures) in Ascomycetes of kingdom Fungi, While Archegonium is the female sex organ in Bryophytes of Kingdom Plantae.

• Ascocarp and Ascogonium are related. Ascocarp is the fruiting body is Ascomycetes which contains the ascospores while Ascogonium is the female sex organ in Ascomycetous fungi.

• Conidiophore-Metulae is related. Conidiophore is the conium bearing hyphal filament in Ascomycetes fungi, while metulae is one of the outermost branches of the Conidiophore from which flask-shaped phialides radiate.

• Basidiocarp are fruiting bodies in Basidiomycetes which contain the basidiospores in basidia.

Gills are structures found on the underside of the cap of Agaricus which to Basidiomycetes. the fruiting body basidiocarp bears the basidia in the gills. they are referred is as gill fungi.

Hence basidiocarp and gills are related.