LIFE CYCLES, SEXUALITY, AND SEXUAL MECHANISMS 



TABLE I 



Combinations of Life Cycles, Patterns of Sexuality, 

 AND Sexual Mechanism Occurring in Fungi 



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In spite of the lack of any paralleled progression from simple to 

 complex life cycles, patterns of sexuality, and sexual mechanisms and 

 morphological characteristics, there are certain tendencies which 

 are worthy of mention. There is a very loose correlation between 

 morphological specialization and each of the three major facets of 

 sexuality. 



Life cycles, on the whole, become progressively more complex 



