Question

What are basidiomycetes are commonly called?

Answer 1

Basidiomycetes or Club fungi:

1. Basidiomycetes are fungi usually referred to as club fungi because they have club-shaped basidiospores, which are sexual spores.
2. This has forked and distinct mycelium.
3. Although there are no asexual spores, vegetative reproduction through fragmentation is typical.
4. Basidiomycetes lack sex organs, yet plasmogamy is caused by the fusing of two vegetative or somatic cells of different strains or genotypes.
5. Cryptococcus neoformans causes cryptococcal meningitis in the brain and harm humans.