FUNGI
- What are fungi? They are simple
non-flowering plants, without leaves, stem and roots. They have no
chlorophil. They cannot manufacture their own food. They include
yeast, moulds, mushrooms, smuts, mildew, blight, rust and toadstools.
- How many species are classified?
About 80,000 species of fungi are classified.
- Which are the well known fungi?
Mushrooms.
- How do fungi feed? They take
nourishment from the bodies of plants and animals causing diseases in them.
- Which are the food materials reserved in
fungi? Glycogen and oil globules.
- Who discovered antibiotic activity in the fungus Pencillium
Notatum?
Alexander Flemming.
- Which is the main source of
Iodine? Seaweeds (brown algae).
- What are Heterotrophs? They are
organisms which grow on food made by others.
- How do reproduction take place in
mushrooms? Asexual reproduction
caused by sporancia.
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