Question
Assertion: Neurospora is commonly called water mould.
Reason: It belongs to basidiomycetes fungi.
If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
If assertion is true but reason is false.
If both assertion and reason are false.
Solution
D.
If both assertion and reason are false.
Neurospora is commonly called pink/red bread mould or pink mould. It belongs to Class Ascomycetes (sac fungi). It is used in experimental genetics as it can be grown easily in a definite medium in a laboratory.
