NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM FUNGI

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True or False:Basidiomycota is one of two large divisions that, together with the Ascomycota, constitute the subkingdom Dikarya within the Kingdom Fungi.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Dikarya: Ascomycota and Basidiomycota These two groups of fungi are referred to as the dikarya because some portion of their life cycle is dikaryotic. When two compatible mating types meet, they fuse together and begin the process of fertilization with plasmogamy (fusion of the cytoplasm).

Detailed explanation-2: -The kingdom Fungi contains five major phyla: Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Glomeromycota.

Detailed explanation-3: -Two Major Groups-ascomycetes and basidiomycetes.

Detailed explanation-4: -The true fungi, which make up the monophyletic clade called kingdom Fungi, comprise seven phyla: Chytridiomycota, Blastocladiomycota, Neocallimastigomycota, Microsporidia, Glomeromycota, Ascomycota, and Basidiomycota (the latter two being combined in the subkingdom Dikarya).

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