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Q.Name the types of mycelium found in Agaricus.

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Agaricus, a basidiomycete fungus, passes through a haploid primary mycelium stage and then a dikaryotic secondary mycelium stage, which is the dominant vegetative and fruiting-body-forming phase.

Agaricus (the edible mushroom) belongs to the fungi and has a septate (cross-walled) mycelium, made up of long branched hyphal threads. Over its life cycle, this mycelium exists in two distinct forms:

  1. Primary mycelium (monokaryotic/homokaryotic) — this arises when a haploid basidiospore germinates. Each cell of this young mycelium contains a single haploid nucleus. …

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