Match the class of fungi given in column-I with their common name given in column-II and select the correct option.
Column-I(Class of fungi) | Column-II(Common name) | ||
(A) | Phycomycetes | (I) | Sac fungi |
(B) | Ascomycetes | (II) | Algal fungi |
(C) | Basidiomycetes | (III) | Fungi imperfecti |
(D) | Deuteromycetes | (IV) | Club fungi |
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Phycomycetes (A - II): Commonly known as algal fungi because their mycelium is aseptate and coenocytic, resembling some filamentous algae.
Ascomycetes (B - I): Commonly known as sac fungi because they produce sexual spores (ascospores) inside a sac-like structure called an ascus.
Basidiomycetes (C - IV): Commonly known as club fungi due to the presence of club-shaped reproductive structures called basidia.
Deuteromycetes (D - III): Commonly known as fungi imperfecti because only their asexual or vegetative phases are known; a sexual stage has not yet been observed for these fungi.
The terms and examples match based on biological classifications and reproductive structures
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