Proteinaceous body surrounded by starch is usually found in which of the following?

Fungi

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Algae

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Bryophyta

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Pteridophyta

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Solution

The correct option is B
Algae

A starch sheath is often formed or deposited at the periphery of pyrenoids (Pyrenoids are sub-cellular micro-compartments found in chloroplasts of many algae, and in a single group of land plants, the hornworts)even when the starch is synthesised in the cytosol rather than in the chloroplast.

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