Choose the wrong statement about algae from the following:
Vascular plants
Chlorophyll bearing
Reserve food material being starch
All of these
Algae and their characteristics -
Algae are chlorophyll - bearing, thalloid, avascular plants and are usually aquatic.
Some of them form lichens along with fungi, some are epizoic on shells and sloth bear (algae Trichophilus welckeri). Some are present on moist stones, wood and soil.
Vegetative reproduction occurs by fragmentation.
Asexual reproduction occurs with the help of motile zoospores containing flagella.
Sexual reproduction takes place by syngamy i.e. fusion of gametes.
Syngamy can be isogamy when fusing gametes are similar, anisogamy when fusing gametes are dissimilar or oogamy when female gamete is larger and non-motile while male gamete is smaller and motile.
Algae are thallophytes. They do not contain vascular tissues.