Question

The common characteristics shown by mushroom smut and rust is a) characterised by presence of basidiocarps .

b) characterised by presence of ascocarps

C) all are pathogens

d) all are saprophytes

Answer 1

A is the correct answer
Rusts and smuts are fungi belonging to the orders Urediniales (rusts) and Ustilaginales (smuts) which are basidiomycete fungi.