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One of the major components of the cell wall of most fungi is :

Option: 1

Chitin


Option: 2

Peptidoglycan


Option: 3

Cellulose


Option: 4

Hemicellulose


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Characteristics of Fungi -

  • Fungi are eukaryotic and multicellular organisms. Only yeast is unicellular 
  • Fungi can grow in all kinds of habitats, water, soil, air, in the body of plants and animals etc. Some may grow on bread as mould (Rhizopus), some can be a cause of rot in oranges (Alternaria), wheat rust (Puccinia), white rust or spots of mustard (Albugo). Some can be economically important as yeast is used to produce bread, wine etc.
  • Fungi lack plastids and photosynthetic pigments.
  • These are non -photosynthetic and heterotrophic in nutrition. Fungi can be saprotrophic, parasitic or symbionts. 
  • The cell wall is composed of chitin and polysaccharides,exception being the lower fungi (member of oomycetes) where cell wall is composed of cellulose and glucan. 
  • Food is stored in the form of glycogen and oil.
  • The fungal body is made up of slender, tubular thread-like structures called hyphae, which aggregate to form mycelium.

Chitin is the major component of the fungal cell wall.

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