21 1 the kingdom fungi

differ from plants in several features. They do not have chlorophyll and they are saprotrophic in nature. It is presumed that when life first evolved on the earth it was neither in the plant form or in the animal form. Definite plant or animal status is said to have been attained much later in..

Kingdom Mycota or Fungi - The kingdom Mycota includes exclusively the fungi. The fungi are a group of organisms which has a plant body called thallus that may be unicellular or multicellular. They are achlorophyllous and non-vascular. Fungi..

Introduction - The present system of classification, recognises the living organisms under five kingdoms namely 1. KINGDOM: MONERA 2. KINGDOM: PROTISTA 3. KINGDOM: MYCOTA (FUNGI) 4. KINGDOM: METAPHYTA (PLANTS) 5. KINGDOM..

The present trend in biology is to follow the five kingdom classification proposed by R.H.Whittaker in the year 1969. Whittaker classified the living organisms into five kingdoms namely. 1. KINGDOM: MONERA (prokaryotic organisms) 2. KINGDOM: PROTIST..

The original plant kingdom proposed by Linnaeus and subsequent taxonomists of that period included the bacteria, fungi, algae, liverworts, mosses, ferns, conifers and flowering plants. Plants in general are considered to exhibit the following distinguishing characters. Plants ex..

The Kingdom Protista includes with a few exceptions, all the unicellular eukaryotic micro-organisms. They are predominantly aquatic where they occur as solitary cells. Some of them may form colonies consisting of similar cells. The protists are regarded as ancestors of all multicellular e..

The kingdom Monera includes the most ancient, the smallest, the simplest and the most widely distributed group of living organisms that are generally described by the term prokaryotes. The kingdom includes two major groups namely 1. Eubacteria : It consists of the true..

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Mycota exclusively includes the fungi. Fungi are a group of heterotrophic (saprotrophic or parasitic) primitive eukaryotes. Fungal plant body is called mycelium. It may be unicellular and multicellular. The multicellular mycelium forms filamentous structures called hyphae. ..