Practice question

Because Deuteromycetes are defined by their lack of known sexual reproduction, they rely entirely on asexual mechanisms to propagate. The NCERT textbook specifies that members of Deuteromycetes reproduce asexually exclusively by producing spores called 'conidia'. These are exogenously produced spores, similar to those found in Ascomycetes, hinting at their close evolutionary relationship before their sexual stages are confirmed.