explain about Kingdom fungi of class 11
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THE KINDOM FUNGI
(1) CONSTITUTE A UNIQUE KINGDOM OF HETEROTROPHIC ORGANISMS.
(2)WITH THE EXCEPTION OF YEAST [ UNICELLULAR] , ALL OTHERS ARE FILAMENTOUS.
(3)BODY CONSIST OF LONG, SLENDER THREAD LIKE STRUCTURE CALLED AS HYPHAE.
(4)NETWORK OF HYPHAE CALLED MYCELIUM
(5) CELL WALL COMPOSED OF CHITIN AND POLYSACCHRIDES.
(6) FUNGI COULD BE SAPROPHYTIC[NUTRITION FROM DEAD AND DECAYING MATTER],PARASITIC [ DERIVE NUTRITION FROM HOST CELL],SYMBIONTS[ ASSOCIATION WITH ALGAE ON ROOTS OF HIGHER PLANTS KNOWN AS MYCORRHIZA]
(7) REPRODUCTION:(a) VEGETATIVE BY FRAGMENTATION,FISSION, BUDDING
(b) ASEXUAL BY SPORE CALLED CONIDIAOR SPORANGIOSPORES OR ZOOSPORES.
(c)SEXUAL BY OOSPORES, ASCOSPORES, BASIDIOSPORES.PRODUCED ON FRUITING BODIES.
(8) BASED ON MORPHOLOGY OF MYCELIUM , MODE OF SPORE FORMATION AND FRUITING BODY,KINGOM CLASSIFIED INTO :
{A} PHYCOMYCETES.
{B} ASCOMYCETES.
{C} BASIDIOMYCETES.
{D} DEUTEROMYCETES.
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