How are the reproductive cycles of a fungus and a pteridophyte similar? A. Both organisms form fruiting bodies that produce dipl
oid seeds. B. Both organisms reproduce sexually when two haploid hyphae fuse. C. Both organisms produce haploid spores and exhibit diploid and haploid stages. D. Both organisms exhibit a diploid stage and are only able to reproduce asexually. Reset Next Plants and Fungi: Mastery Test
The correct answer is option C, that is, both the organisms generate haploid spores and exhibit diploid and haploid stages.
The sporophyte (of the haploid stage) in pteridophytes produce spores. The diploid stage in pteridophytes may take place when two of the spores combines and give rise to a prothallus, that is, the diploid stage of the pteridophytes.
In fungi, the production of spores takes place by sporangiophores (haploid stage). At a certain stage, two horizontal hyphae among the two species of fungi, may amalgamate at the tips and produce a zygote (diploid) via plasmogamy and karyogamy.
cell reproduction is the process by which cells divide to form new cells. each time a cell divides it makes a copy of all its chromosomes, which are tightly coiled strands of DNA, the genetic material that holds the instructions for all life, and sends an identical copy to the new cell that is created.
