Question

Describe the function of the structure pictured below. (2 points)

Answer 1

umm is it an invisibility cloak?

Answer 2

@PRAETORIAN.10 yep im harry potter...

Answer 3

ummm okay

Answer 4

well it looks to me like a big grey smodge

Answer 5

so we need @Abhisar

Answer 6

options:


Spore production

Food absorption

Water uptake

Enzyme release

Answer 7

well it looks like a shroom so spores?

Answer 8

Any guesses folks !
please don't bring in the harry potter stuff :D

Answer 9

well there was no picture so it was an invisible question so yeah

Answer 10

@mememe222 ?

Answer 11

oh man, if Abhisar doesnt know the answer then we're stuffed

Answer 12

every man for himself

Answer 13

i couldn't tell what the picture was at all thats why i need help someone please know!

Answer 14

u know what spore is ?

Answer 15

Spores are a unit of asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavorable conditions. Spores look something like this
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Answer 16

So yes the correct option is A

Answer 17

@Abhisar Spores are not simply asexual production. However, in this case the spores are. That is clear a mucor or rhizopus type microfungi that is releasing spores.

Answer 18

So, are they sexual ?

Answer 19

@Abhisar It depends. In this case, those are asexual spores. In the so-called "higher fungi", think of the common mushroom, they are typically via sexual reproduction, in a way.

Answer 20

yes they produce sexual spores !

Answer 21

In the Basidiomycotina what happens is that two mycelium mats with the correct mating type meet and fuse to produce a sexual reproduction structure (mushroom). The mushroom then undergoes meiosis in special cells to produce spores. So, it is a bit more complicated than simple asexual reproduction at times. Fungal sex and reproduction is all messed up. Some fungi can even transfer nuclei to the cells of a closely related species. That is right, a different species.

It is a crazy group. If you want to treat mating types as an equivalent to human gender, fungi have over 10,000 sexes.

Answer 22

Yes i know this...but acvtually my statement was in context to bacteria

Answer 23

*actually

Answer 24

@Abhisar Oh, okay. We Mycologists get up tight about bacteria spores and how they are not actually spores.

Answer 25

Hmm..