Taxonomically fungi were a:
Correct answer: B. Group of plant kingdom
- A. Kingdom
- B. Group of plant kingdom
- C. Group of the animal kingdom
- D. Group of protist kingdom
Explanation
Answer is "Group of plant kingdom"Explanation: Fungi was included in Kingdom plantae due to the presence of cell wall and absence of centrioles. However, later on due to its heterotrophic mode of nutrition it was excluded from plants and given the status of an independent kingdom.
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Biological classification uses taxonomic ranks, binomial nomenclature and shared characteristics to organize life into kingdoms. The major groups include prokaryotes, protists, fungi, plants and animals, with comparisons based on cell type, cell wall, nutrition, body organization, reproduction and evolutionary relationships; prokaryotes lack a membrane-bound nucleus.
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