After the fusion of two mushroom hyphae, what is the ploidy level?

Question

After the fusion of two mushroom hyphae, what is the ploidy level?

Answer 1

After the fusion there are two possibilities =

1 ) Their haploid nuclei fuse too = then the ploidy is DIPLOID

2 ) The somatic union does not result in the nuclear fusion immediately and the two haploid nuclei retain their separate identity . Then the cell is said to be ' DIKARYOTIC ' = that is two nucleated . Each one of them is HAPLOID .

IT IS A FEATURE FOUND IN BASIDIOMYCOTA

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