NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM FUNGI

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Fungi with no known reproductive structures belong to phylum ____
A
Basidiomycota
B
Ascomycota
C
Zygomycota
D
Deuteromycota
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Imperfect fungi are those that do not display a sexual phase. They are classified as belonging to the form Phylum Deuteromycota.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most Deuteromycota have a well-developed, septate mycelium with distinct conidiophores but some have a unicellular thallus. With the exception of one group, all members reproduce by means of special spores known as conidia. A few imperfect fungi lack conidia and form only sclerotia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some of the examples of the Deuteromycetes are Cercospora, Colletotrichum, Trichoderma, Pyricularia, and Fusarium. Cercospora: It’s an ascomycete fungus genus.

Detailed explanation-4: -’Fungi imperfecti’ is also known as Deuteromycota. They reproduce only by means of conidia.

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