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Question
The club-shaped fruiting body of basidiomycetes that carries spores called basidiospores is the:
Correct Answer
Option B is the correct answer.
Detailed Explanation
The basidium (plural: basidia) is the club-shaped fruiting body of basidiomycetes that carries spores called basidiospores. In the basidium, nuclei of two different mating strains fuse (karyogamy), giving rise to a diploid zygote that then undergoes meiosis.
Hint
The common name 'club fungi' directly references this reproductive structure.