A More or Less Circular Ring of Mushrooms Appears in Your

question 13

Multiple Choice

A more or less circular ring of mushrooms appears in your yard,apparently overnight.The circle is several yards in diameter.The most likely explanation for this circle of mushrooms is that:

• A)the mushrooms are all part of the same organism, with mycelia radiating out from the location of a germinated spore.
• B)a circle is nature's most perfect shape for asexual reproduction structures.
• C)one mushroom in the circle reproduced sexually to make all the other mushrooms in the circle.
• D)the fungus produces a toxin in the center to prevent too many mushrooms from being produced.

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Definitions:

Isotope

Variants of a particular chemical element which differ in neutron number, and consequently in nucleon number.

Electrons

subatomic particles with a negative electric charge, found in all atoms, and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.

Isotope

Variants of a particular chemical element that have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei.

Electrons

Negatively charged subatomic particles found in electron clouds around an atom's nucleus, playing a key role in chemical bonds.