What is the ploidy of the filaments that form the mushrooms in the picture? On+n (dikaryotic) 2n diploid n haploid 3n triploid These fungal filaments are Otriploid (3n) diploid (2n) Ohaploid (n) Oheterokaryotic This fungus is a Orapid decomposer mutualistic symbiont deadly parasite virulent pathogen of plant roots. Th fungal structures above benefit the fungi by enhancing pollination success protecting sexual spores & enhancing spore dispersal nourishing hyphae & inducing spore "germination" What are the synapomorphies of the clade that include the fungi above? Oflagellated spore & coenocytic hyphae septate hyphae & fruiting bodies yeasts & spores ascocarp & basidiocarp