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Question
What are the important characteristics of kingdom Fungi? Name a few examples from this kingdom
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Solution
- They may be unicellular or multicellular.
- They have heterotrophic nutrition and mostly they are saprophytes.
- Their body is made up of mycelium, a filament of which is called hypha.
- Their cell wall is made up of chitin.
Example – Aspergillus, Agaricus, Penicillium.
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