kingdom 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-vascula..

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 represent another major group of decomposers..

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..

Five Kingdom Classification - 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)..

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. ..

The two-kingdom classification received considerable recognition from biologists and was in use for quite a long period of time. However, as more and more information started emerging on the various groups of plants and animals, this system of classification was found to be inadequate. St..

DEUTEROMYCETES (= FUNGI IMPERFECTI) E.g., CERCOSPORA, FUSARIUM fig. 8.22 - Classification of Fungi..

These are non-motile spores produced inside structures called sporangia in fungi such as Rhizopus and Mucor. These spores are dispersed by wind. fig. 8.20 - Modes of Asexual Reproducti..

>Binomial nomenclature is the system of giving a scientific name to an animal or a plant. The name consists of two words, the first one referring to the name of the genus and the second to the name of the species. Binomial nomenclature avoids the confusion created by using common names. Certain spe..

. Most of them are saprotrophic. Some are found as parasites on algae and other plants. Slime moulds generally reproduce asexually by fragmentation or by forming sporangia, which produces spores having a cellulose cell wall. Sexual reproduction involves isogamy or anisogamy. fig. 8.13 - Slime Mould..