Biology · BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

Regarding the site of meiotic reduction division and spore release in Basidiomycetes, which statement is factually precise?

1. A
   Karyogamy and meiosis take place inside the basidium, producing four basidiospores exogenously on the basidium
2. B
   Karyogamy occurs in somatic hyphae, while meiosis occurs in the ascocarp yielding eight endospores
3. C
   Karyogamy and meiosis occur within an unbranched sporangium, releasing aplanospores endogenously
4. D
   Meiosis occurs prior to plasmogamy, leading to the exogenous cleavage of diploid conidiophores