Most ascomycetes and basidiomycetes reproduce sexually by meeting the hyphae and forming a fruiting body. The fruiting body then produces spores that spread and establish themselves. The common puffball, for example, develops its spores inside the fruiting body and spreads them in a cloud when an animal or human steps on them.
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Photographer Oliver Karlöf 
Britannica – Reproductive processes of fungi
April 2023, TÄNKOM | Revised February 2024 RETHINK
