NEETBotanyBiological Classification
Which of the following Ascomycete is used extensively in Biochemical and genetic work?
Options
- AClaviceps
- BCladophora
- CNeurospora
- DBudding yeast
Correct answer
C. Neurospora
Step-by-step solution
Commonly known as sac-fungi, the ascomycetes are mostly multicellular, e.g., Penicillium, or rarelyunicellular, e.g., yeast (Saccharomyces). They are saprophytic, decomposers, parasitic or coprophilous (growing on dung). Mycelium is branched and septate. The asexual spores are conidia produced exogenously on the special mycelium called conidiophores. Conidia on germination produce mycelium. Sexual spores are called ascosporeswhich are produced endogenously in sac like asci (singular ascus). These asci are arranged