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Question
A plant-pathogenic fungus causes rust disease, generally lacks asexual spores and produces sexual spores externally on a specialised structure. Which classification is correct?
Explanation
Rust fungi such as Puccinia are Basidiomycetes. Karyogamy and meiosis occur in a basidium, and basidiospores are produced externally on it.
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