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Fairy Rings in lawns result from outward- spreading circles of mycelia of mushrooms producing, at their periphery, fruiting bodies called

A)  ascocarps        

B)  basidiocarps

C)  sorocarps        

D)  pseudocarps.

Correct Answer: B

Solution :

: Agaricus (mushroom) are generally stalked forms which is attached centrally to the pileus (cap of an agaric). The gills hang down vertically on the undersurface of the pileus. The size, shape and structure of pileus exhibits great variation within the genus. The fruiting bodies of Agaricus (fairy rings) are also known as basidiocarp which bear basidia.