Read the following statements and answer the question.
(i) Some members are saprophytes or parasites while a large number of them are decomposers of litter and help in mineral cycling.
(ii) They reproduce only by asexual spores known as conidia.
(iii) Mycelium is septate and branched.
(iv) Alternariam Colletotrichum and Trichoderma are examples of this class.
Which of the following class of fungi is being described by the above statements?
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The given statements describe Deuteromycetes (Fungi Imperfecti):
(i) Saprophytes/parasites, decomposers → True
(ii) Asexual reproduction only by conidia → True (no known sexual stage)
(iii) Septate, branched mycelium → True
(iv) Examples: Alternaria, Colletotrichum, Trichoderma → True, Deuteromycetes is correct.
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