Amanitas phalloides, also called the "death cap", produces a toxin that interferes with gene transcription An interesting, if not well known, type of club fungus is the stinkhorn, which emits a disagreeable odor in order to attract flies that help distribute the fungal sporesFungus Fungus Life cycle of fungi In the life cycle of a sexually reproducing fungus, a haploid phase alternates with a diploid phase The haploid phase ends with nuclear fusion, and the diploid phase begins with the formation of the zygote (the diploid cell resulting from fusion of two haploid sex cells) Meiosis (reduction division) restores the haploid number of chromosomes and6 Are all mushrooms edible?
Fungi Basidiomycota The Club Fungi Sparknotes
