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Q.Conidia is an asexual reproducing structure of which organism?

(a) Algae
(b) Fungi
(c) Bryophytes
(d) Protozoa
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Conidia are asexual spores of fungi, produced exogenously (not inside a sporangium) on specialised hyphae called conidiophores.

Fungi reproduce asexually mainly by spore formation. Conidia are one such asexual spore type - they are non-motile, thin-walled or thick-walled spores that are cut off (abstricted) from the tip of specialised hyphae (conidiophores), often forming chains, as seen in Penicillium and Aspergillus. On germination, a conidium gives rise to a new mycelium genetically identical to the parent. This distinguishes conidia from sexual spores (like ascospores or basidiospores) which arise after fusion of g …

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