Basidiomycetes (Club fungi) -
- Sexual organs are absent in basidiomycetes.
- Sexual reproduction is by somatogamy between cells of monokaryotic mycelium of opposite strains. It results in the formation of dikaryotic mycelium which gives rise to basidium.
- In the basidium karyogamy takes place. The diploid nucleus undergoes meiosis and later basidiospores are formed exogenously on the basidium.
- The fruiting body of basidiomycetes is called basidiocarp.
-In the basidium, karyogamy takes place.
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