Facultative sex is often heralded as the best of both worlds. Species can experience the advantages of both sexual and asexual reproduction, without many of the associated limitations of either mode.

13, No. 8, Oct., 1926 Facultative Parasitism and Host Ranges o... 1. In the laboratory and greenhouse, 69 isolations of fungi were used in 5,369 inoculations of 78 species and varieties of flowering ...