Question: Coenocytic fungal hyphae are (JFR Plant Science 2018)
Options:
Non-septate
Septate with uninucleate cells
Septate with multinucleate cells
None of these
📌 Other Options Explanations:
(B) & (C) Septate hyphae have cross-walls dividing them into compartments, which may contain one or more nuclei
🔑Key Points:
• Fungi Kindom:
-The kingdom fungi constitute a unique kingdom of heterotrophic organisms.
-They show a great diversity in morphology and habitat.
-There are about 100000 species in this kingdom.
-The fungal body is an assemblage of long, extremely fine, almost transparent threads called hyphae.
-Numerous hyphae are twined around one another to form mycelium.
-Fungal hyphae are thin, tubular, transparent threads formed by many fungi or filaments filled with protoplasm and covered by a wall.
✏The hyphae in fungi are of following types:
✏Aseptate hyphae:
-In aseptate hyphae, core walls or septate are not formed at the time of nuclear division.
-Such hyphae are multinucleate.
✏Septate hyphae:
-In this type, core walls or septate form after the nuclear division.
-The cells may have one, two or many nuclei.