Question

Which is the basis of classification of kingdom Fungi?

Answer 1

$\text{Classification of kingdom Fungi}$

• The members of kingdom Fungi are classified into four classes based on the morphology of mycelium, mode of spore formation, and fruiting body.
• These classes are Deuteromycetes, Phycomycetes, Ascomycetes, and Basidiomycetes.

$\text{Classification based on morphology of mycelium}$

• The classification is based on the morphology of mycelium.
• In Phycomycetes, the hyphae of fungi are without septa i.e. aseptate mycelium.
• Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes, and Deuteromycetes have septate mycelium.

$\text{Classification based on spore formation}$

• Fungi are classified based on the whether the mode of spore formation is sexual or asexual.
• The spores formed by sexual reproduction in Phycomycetes, Ascomycetes, and Basidiomycetes are zygospores, ascospores, and basidiospores, respectively.
• There is an absence of sexual phase in Deuteromycetes. Class Phycomycetes also produce spores asexually called sporangiospores, whereas the class Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes, and Deuteromycetes produce conidiospores.

$\text{Classification based on fruiting bodies}$

• The fruiting bodies are the sporophytes in which spores are formed during reproduction.
• The fruiting bodies of Phycomycetes, Ascomycetes, and Basidiomycetes are called sporocarp, ascocarp, and basidiocarp respectively.

$\text{Final answer}$

(d) All of the above