NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM PROTISTA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The thread like mass that makes up the main body of fungus is:
A
spores
B
asci
C
plasmodium
D
mycelium
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Most fungi grow as thread-like filaments called hyphae. A mass of hyphae make up the body of a fungus, called a mycelium.

Detailed explanation-2: -A mycelium is a network of fungal threads or hyphae. Mycelia often grow underground but can also thrive in other places such as rotting tree trunks. A single spore can develop into a mycelium. The fruiting bodies of fungi, such as mushrooms, can sprout from a mycelium.

Detailed explanation-3: -mycelium, plural mycelia, the mass of branched, tubular filaments (hyphae) of fungi. The mycelium makes up the thallus, or undifferentiated body, of a typical fungus.

Detailed explanation-4: -The mycelium is the part of a fungus that is usually underground. The mycelium is the branched root-like structure in fungi that breakdown the organic matter and absorbs them for the fungus to utilize that nutrition. These filamentous threads are called hyphae.

Detailed explanation-5: -A long filament is called hyphae and the structure that forms the network of filaments is called mycelium. Mycelium forms the body of the fungus.

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