Question

2. Which among the following does not reproduce by spore formation:

(a) Penicillium fungus

(b) Yeast fungus

(c) Mucor fungus

(d) Rhizopus fungus​

Answer 1

The fungus that does not reproduce by spore formation is Yeast fungus.

• Yeasts can be described as a single- celled fungi which are mostly found in soil or in sugary structures of a plant such as a nectar.
• Yeasts are eukaryotic.
• The most common method by which a yeast reproduces is budding which is an asexual method of reproduction.
• In this kind of reproduction, a small bud forms which leads to the formation of two daughter cells which are exactly like the parent cell.

Hence, the correct option is (b) Yeast fungus