Question

Corn smut is a fungal disease of corn. However, some people like to eat the corn smut fungus. Corn smut, like market mushrooms, is a club fungus, so it should possess __________.

Answer 1

The correct answer is - basidia.

Step-by-step explanation:

Basidiomycota is one of the division that is commonly known as the club fungi that include all major fungi such as mushrooms, shelf fungi, pufball and many more.

These fungi are have characteristic feature or organ known as basidia or basidium that is microscopic club like structures. These have basidiospores, group of spores.

Thus, the correct answer is - basidia.

Answer 2

The given blank can be filled with basidia.

Step-by-step explanation:

Corn smut refers to a club fungus, it is termed club fungus as it produces spores known as basidiospores on the microscopic club-like compositions called basidia. Basidia covers sections of the reproductive composition of the fungus.

In fungi, basidia is an organ in the members of the phylum Basidiomycota, which comprises sexually reproduced bodies known as basidiospores. The basidia act as the site of meiosis and karyogamy.