The spores produced exogenously on the basidium are
A
Haploid
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B
Asexual spores
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C
Sexual spores
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D
Both (1) and (2)
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Solution
The correct option is C Sexual spores
A basidium is a club shaped microscopic sporangium or spore producing structure which produce basidiospores . They are the sexual spores produced exogenously in a fruiting body called basidiocarp, that bear spores in lamellae like structures called gills.