Among rust, smut and mushroom, all the three

Options

A. are pathogens
B. are saprobes
C. bear ascocarps
D. bear basidiocarps

Answer

a

Explanation

Rust, smut and mushroom all bellong to the group of pathogenci fungo. Thses fungi belong to the class basidiomycetes, and produce busidisopores. Mushroom are placedin the order agricales. Amonita and Marasius are pathogenci or diseases causing fungi. Marasmius ordeades causes fairy rings on turf grasses. Rusts and smuts are included in the subclass telimocyetidae. Rust fungi comes under uredinales, eg. Puccinia graminies causes balck rust of wheat, P. recondita causes leaf rust of wheat. P recondita causes leaf rust of wheat. Smut fungi comes under order ustilaginales which produce teliotospores, eg. Istilago trici cause lose smut of wheat.