You are given an organism to identify. It has a fruiting body that contains many structures with eight haploid spores lined up in a row. What kind of a fungus is this?

A) zygomycete
B) ascomycete
C) deuteromycete
D) chytrid
E) basidiomycete


Answer: B

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