Biology (MindTap Course List)
Biology (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337392938
Author: Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Introduction: Fungi adopt different methods to spread out in their environment. During the evolution, most of the fungi have adapted to produce spores that can easily spread to a new place with wind currents. Other than Chytridiomycetes, no other species of fungi have flagella on their spores, so they are considered to be the earliest fungi that were evolved.

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