NCERT-Reproduction in fungi can take place by vegetative means –fragmentation, fission and budding. Asexual reproduction is by spores called conidia or sporangiospores or zoospores, and sexual reproduction is by oospores, ascospores and basidiospores.

/ pre-class / By Prof. Siddharth Sanghvi

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Fungi Classification

Class	Character	Type of Mycelium	Type of Reproduction	Name of Spore in Asexual Reproduction	Name of Spore in Sexual Reproduction	Examples
Phycomycetes	Found in aquatic habitats or on decaying wood; aseptate, coenocytic mycelium	Aseptate, coenocytic	Asexual: zoospores or aplanospores; Sexual: zygospores	Zoospores or aplanospores	Zygospores	Mucor, Rhizopus, Albugo
Ascomycetes	Mostly multicellular; branched, septate mycelium	Branched, septate	Asexual: conidia on conidiophores; Sexual: ascospores in asci	Conidia	Ascospores	Penicillium, Aspergillus, Neurospora
Basidiomycetes	Branched, septate mycelium	Branched, septate	Asexual: fragmentation; Sexual: basidiospores on basidia	Fragmentation	Basidiospores	Agaricus, Ustilago, Puccinia
Deuteromycetes	Septate, branched mycelium	Septate, branched	Asexual: conidia	Conidia	Not applicable	Alternaria, Colletotrichum, Trichoderma

Fungi Classification

Class	Character	Type of Mycelium	Type of Reproduction	Name of Spore in Asexual Reproduction (Ploidy)	Name of Spore in Sexual Reproduction (Ploidy)	Examples
Phycomycetes	Found in aquatic habitats or on decaying wood; aseptate, coenocytic mycelium	Aseptate, coenocytic	Asexual: zoospores or aplanospores; Sexual: zygospores	Zoospores or aplanospores (Haploid)	Zygospores and Oospore (Diploid)	Mucor, Rhizopus, Albugo
Ascomycetes	Mostly multicellular; branched, septate mycelium	Branched, septate	Asexual: conidia on conidiophores; Sexual: ascospores in asci	Conidia (Haploid)	Ascospores (Haploid)	Penicillium, Aspergillus, Neurospora
Basidiomycetes	Branched, septate mycelium	Branched, septate	Asexual: fragmentation; Sexual: basidiospores on basidia	Fragmentation (Haploid)	Basidiospores (Haploid)	Agaricus, Ustilago, Puccinia
Deuteromycetes	Septate, branched mycelium	Septate, branched	Asexual: conidia	Conidia (Haploid)	Not applicable	Alternaria, Colletotrichum, Trichoderma