ICSE Class 9 Biology Question 7 of 11

Economic Importance of Fungi — Question 9

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Question 1(ix)

Which of the following properties of fungi separates them from plants ?

  1. Absence of chlorophyll
  2. Autotrophic mode of nutrition
  3. Lack of a stem
  4. Poisonous and non-edible
Answer

Absence of chlorophyll

Reason — Fungi are differentiated from the plants as they don't have chlorophyll and their body is not differentiated into roots, stems and leaves.