Both assertion and reason are false. Neurospora is commonly called pink /red bread mould or pink mould. It belongs to class ascomycctcs fungi or sac fungi. It is used in experimental genetics as it can be grown easily in a definite medium in laboratory. It is a haploid fungus. It is a hctcrothallic fungus having + ve and - ve mycelia and somatic fusion of two halpoid nuclei produce a diploid zygote. The zygote by one meiotic and another mitotic divisions forms 8-nuclei and hence ascospores, a characteristic structure o f ascomycetes are produced.