Practice question
Question
A fungus is placed in Deuteromycetes because only its vegetative and asexual stages are known. What should happen if its sexual stage is later found to produce basidiospores?
Explanation
Deuteromycetes contain fungi whose sexual stages are not known. Once the sexual stage is discovered, the fungus is transferred to the appropriate class. Production of basidiospores identifies the sexual form as a Basidiomycete.
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