Sexual Reproduction (teleomorph)

• Sexual reproduction involves the union of two compatible nuclei (not necessarily in gametes) with a subsequent meiotic division yielding recombinant progeny.

• There are a variety of methods by which this is accomplished, and this is the basis for most systematics

• Life cycles-—there is a lot of variation within the fungi

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Not a very romantic definition, eh?