Kingdom Fungi :– They are achlorophyllous, heterotrophic, sp | JEE NEET TOPPERS
Kingdom Fungi :–
They are achlorophyllous, heterotrophic, spore forming, non-vesicular eukaryotic organisms.
Cell wall is made up of chitin or fungal cellulose.
Reserved food is glycogen.
Mode of nutrition is saprophytic, parasitic or symbiotic.
Reproduction may be vegetative (fragmentation, fission or budding), asexual (conidia, sporangiospores or zoospores) or sexual reproduction by oospores, ascospore and basidiospores.
Sexual cycles involves the following steps-
Plasmogamy, fusion of male and female gametes.
Karyogamy, fusion of two nuclei.
Meiosis in zygote to produce haploid spores.
