Question

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
a. Wood rooting - Fomes
b. Coprophilus - Peziza
c. Primary rock colonizers - Nidularia
Select the correct answer using the codes given.

• A. $2$ and $3$
• B. $1$ and $3$
• C. $1$ and $2$
• D. $1,2$ and $3$

Answer 1

The correct option is A $2$ and $3$

• Fomes is a genus of perennial woody fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
• Coprophilous fungi are a type of saprobic fungi. It is growing on animal dung. The hardy spores of coprophilous species are unwittingly consumed by herbivores from vegetation.
• Peziza is a large genus of saprophytic cup fungi. It grows on the ground, rotting wood, or dung.

So, the correct answer is option A.