Question

Which among the following is a phase of the sexual reproduction in fungi?

Answer 1

Sexual reproduction in fungi involves three steps - plasmogamy, karyogamy and meiosis. It starts with the fusion of the protoplasm (plasmogamy) between two cells and results in a dikaryotic phase with two nuclei in a cell. This is followed by karyogamy where the two nuclei fuse together to form a diploid zygote. This, then undergoes meiosis to form four haploid spores.