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fungi, the hyphae act almost like
arms and legs. The fungi make a
circle with their hyphae with a lure
inside of it, trapping the nematode
in these sticky body structures.
Figure 13 – This puffball fungus is
releasing spores.
Budding is another type of asexual
reproduction carried out by fungi,
Figure 12 – This nematode is being in which the fungus grows part of
trapped by the mycelium of a predatory its body, which eventually breaks
fungus. off. This broken off piece
eventually becomes a new
Reproduction in Fungi organism.
There are two types of A final form of asexual
reproduction, and fungi engage in reproduction is mycelial
both of them. In asexual fragmentation. In this form, the
reproduction, the first type, only mycelia split off, eventually
one parent is required. In one forming a new organism.
form of asexual reproduction,
involving spores, thousands of The second form of reproduction,
spores are released from a puffball sexual reproduction, requires
fungus in a giant “puff.” These two parents. It involves cells
spores then create new fungi. called diploid cells, that have all of
the genetic material of the
organism, and haploid cells, which
have only half of this information.
Sperm and egg cells are examples
of haploid cells in animals.
In animals and plants, two haploid
cells come together to form a
diploid cell, which eventually
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