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Agriculture · Q414

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 414

Q414

Smut includes in

A.
Deuteromycotina
B.
Basidiomycotina
Answer
C.
Ascomycotina
D.
Oomycetes

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Smut includes in Basidiomycotina.
Basidiomycota is a group of fungi that includes mushrooms, bracket fungi, smuts, and rusts. These fungi are more prevalent in humid conditions.
The smuts are multicellular fungi characterized by their large numbers of teliospores. The smuts get their name from a Germanic word for dirt because of their dark, thick-walled, and dust-like teliospores.
The smuts are grouped with the other basidiomycetes because of their commonalities concerning sexual reproduction.