Question: In which kingdom are true fungi classified?
Options:
Ascomycete
Eukaryota
Fungi
None of the above
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📌Other Options Explanations:
-(a) Ascomycete: Ascomycete is a phylum within the kingdom Fungi.
-(b) Eukaryota: Eukaryota is a superkingdom that encompasses various eukaryotic organisms, including fungi, plants, and animals.
🛑 Additional Information::::
-Fungi are eukaryotic organisms that include yeasts, moulds, and mushrooms.
-These organisms belong to the kingdom Fungi.
-The organisms found in the Kingdom Fungi have a cell wal.
-Among living organisms, they are classified as heterotrophs.
-Fungi are plants that do not have chlorophyll.
-Fungi have a cell wall made which is made of chitin and obtain nutrients through absorption.Â
-They are unable to photosynthesis because they lack chlorophyll.
-Fungi are either decomposers or parasites. Decomposers obtain their nutrients from decomposing biological matter
-Fungi do not perform photosynthesis because fungi do not contain the green pigment chlorophyll.
-Fungi obtain their food by absorbing dissolved molecules and secreting digestive enzymes into their surroundings.
-Fungi are both unicellular and multicellular.
-With the exception of yeast, most fungi are multicellular. Yeast are unicellular.
-Antibiotics can be obtained naturally from bacteria or fungi (moulds are a type of fungi) or synthesized in laboratories.
-Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928, derived from the fungus Penicillium Notatum (a type of fungi).