Your instructor gives you a sample from two different fruiting bodies-not the entire fruiting body. Which of the following characteristics differentiate whether one is an ascomycete and the other a basidiomycete?
A)the presence of haploid spores
B)the presence of dikaryotic hyphae
C)that only four spores are produced following meiosis
D)that spores are produced by meiosis

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Ascomycetes typically produce eight spores (ascospores) following meiosis, while basidiomycetes produce four spores (basidiospores).

Your Instructor Gives You a Sample from Two Different Fruiting