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Asexual Reproduction
Asexual reproduction is the process where one organism is able to reproduce with its own sexual material or gametes. The advantage of this process, compared to sexual production, is that the organism does not require another organism's gametes to create a new life form.
Protection
Spores are encased in a proteinlike shell. This shell protects the genetic material in the spore from the environment. This is helpful since the elements, such as wind or water, tend to transport spores across large geographic regions when they drop from fungi.
Ideal Conditions
The protein shell that encapsulates the spore remains on the spore until a specific time. This time is when the ideal condition for reproduction occurs. This may include an appropriate temperature or the spore's location near nutrients and water. The spore shell has cells that sense the environment and when ideal conditions are sensed, the shell will dissolve.
Rapid Reproduction
The ability to asexually reproduce is a benefit for fungi and bacteria because of unlimited reproduction potential. That means that one fungi can produce an unlimited amount of spores throughout its lifetime. Aerobiology Research Laboratories in Canada states that spores are more prevalent than pollen in air generally. This gives one individual fungi an incredible advantage in reproducing.