Truffles are the fruiting bodies of certain fungi whose mycelium grows below gro

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Truffles are the fruiting bodies of certain fungi whose mycelium grows below ground. The truffle is also underground and can be detected by many mammals, which eat the truffle and expel the spores with their feces. Which of the following statements is likely accurate with respect to this interaction? Question 6 options:

a) Truffles probably produce toxins that can harm the mammals that eat them.

b) The truffle spores are probably wind dispersed.

c) Truffle fruiting bodies are important in decomposition of wood.

d) Truffles produce an odor that mammals can detect and find attractive.

Explanation / Answer

Answer - D

d) Truffles produce an odor that mammals can detect and find attractive.

Truffles grow below the ground it can be identified by some special mechanism. The truffles sends a pleasant odor to mammals to identify them.

The spores are not wind spread due to it grows under ground.

Truffles not harmful because mammals are eating them.

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