Practice question

The NCERT text details the reproduction of Ascomycetes by explaining that their asexual spores are known as conidia. A critical distinguishing feature of conidia is that they are produced 'exogenously' (on the outside, rather than enclosed in a sac) at the tips of highly specialized structural hyphae known as conidiophores. Upon dispersal and germination, these conidia quickly develop into a new mycelium.