Practice question
Question
A fungus has aseptate, coenocytic mycelium and produces motile spores inside a sporangium. Which combination correctly identifies its class and spore?
Explanation
Phycomycetes possess aseptate and coenocytic mycelium. Their motile asexual spores are zoospores, whereas their non-motile asexual spores are aplanospores. Both are produced endogenously inside a sporangium.
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