Assertion :Fungi are widespread in distribution and they even live on or inside other plants and animals. Reason: Fungi are able to grow anywhere on land, water or on other organisms because they have a variety of pigments including chlorophyll, carotenoids, fucoxanthin and phycoerythrin.

Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion

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Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect

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Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

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Solution

The correct option is C
Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect

Fungi are ubiquitous. Most of them are moisture-loving and terrestrial and few are aquatic. They may also be epiphytic (i.e., grow on other plants e.g, Armillaria), symbiotic (i.e., live in an association with other plants e.g., lichens, mycorrhiza), saprophytic (i.e., grow on dead organic matter e.g., Mucor), predacious (i. e., eat other organisms e.g., Dactydela) and parasitic (i.e., Erysiphe, phytophthora etc.).
They are achlorophyllous i.e.. they do not have chlorophyll hence, cannot photosynthesise. They are heterotrophic in nutrition and show an absorptive type of nutrition.
So the correct option is C.

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