Question

What are ascus and basidium?

Answer 1

Ascus:

1. The ascus is a sac-like structure in which reproductive cells are contained.
2. Sexual spores are produced by these cells.
3. Ascospores are the sexual cells that are formed.
4. The ascus is a type of reproductive structure found in Ascomycetes.

Basidium:

1. Basidium is a sexually spore-producing structure with a club-like form.
2. Basidiospores are the sexual spores produced.
3. Basidiomycetes have a sexual reproductive component known as a basidium.