Question

Name the algae, which have food conducting tubes similar to phloem in vascular plants.

• A. Red algae
• B. Brown algae
• C. Blue green algae
• D. Green algae

Answer 1

The correct option is B Brown algae

In some large brown algae, certain cells are modified into long filaments called trumpet hyphae. These act as food-conducting tubes, like phloem in vascular plants carrying food from lamina to the holdfast.