Answer:
The options:
A.) Both organisms produce haploid spores and exhibit diploid and haploid stages.
B.) Both organisms form fruiting bodies that produce diploid seeds.
C.) Both organisms exhibit a diploid stage and are only able to reproduce asexually.
D.) Both organisms reproduce sexually when two haploid hyphae fuse.
The CORRECT ANSWER IS A.)
A.) Both organisms produce haploid spores and exhibit diploid and haploid stages.
Step-by-step explanation:
It can be observed that in pteridophytes, the sporophytes (of the haploid phase) forms the spores. The diploid phase in pteridophytes could be formed as a result of the fusion of two spores and grow into a prothallus (diploid phase of the pteridophytes).
Fungi in like vein forms spores by the sporangiophores (haploid phase). From time to time, two horizontal hyphae present among the two species of fungi, may come together at the tips and produce a zygote via karyogamy and plasmogamy.