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Agriculture · Q886

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 886

Q886

Crozier formation is associated with

A.
Ascomycetes
Answer
B.
Basidiomycetes
C.
Zygomycetes
D.
Deuteromycetes

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Crozier formation is associated with Ascomycetes.
A crozier is an anatomical feature of many fungi in the phylum Ascomycota that forms at the base of asci and looks like a hook-topped shepherd's staff or stylized religious crosier. Croziers resemble and function similarly to clamp connections on the dikaryotic hyphae of Basidiomycota.