NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fungi store food in the form of glycogen, along with oil bodies. Reserve food varies in different species. It can be in various forms of carbohydrates, such as fructose, sucrose or starch in plants and as glycogen in animals and fungi.

Detailed explanation-2: -Glycogen is the form in which animals and fungi store their food. It is the chief storage form of polysaccharide in these two kingdoms. It is composed of several glucose molecules. Thus, glycogen can be broken down into several molecules of glucose.

Detailed explanation-3: -Organisms store carbohydrates which can be broken down when needed to release energy, but different organisms store carbohydrates in different forms. Plants store carbohydrates as starch while animals and fungi both store carbohydrate as glycogen.

Detailed explanation-4: -When the body doesn’t need to use the glucose for energy, it stores it in the liver and muscles. This stored form of glucose is made up of many connected glucose molecules and is called glycogen.

Detailed explanation-5: -Most fungi have cell walls that are made up of chitin, the same substance that is found in the external skeleton (exoskeleton) of insects and shells of crabs. Whereas plant cell walls are made of cellulose. Fungi store their food reserves as glycogen, while plants store them as starch.