[A] : The fungi are widespread in distribution and they even live on or inside other plants and animals .
[R] : Fungi are able to grow anywhere on land , water or on other organisms because they have a variety of pigments , including chlorophyll , carotenoids , funcooxanthin and phycoerythrin .

Options

A. If both Assertion & Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion, then mark a
B. lf both Assertion & Reason are true but the reason is no t the correct explanation of the assertion, then mark b
C. If Assertion is true statement but Reason is false, then mark c
D. If both Assertion and Reason are false statements, then mark d.

Answer

C

Explanation

Fungi are considered ubiquitous i.e. they occur in a variety of habitats. Most of them are moisture loving and terrestrial and few (eg. Monoblephar is) are aquatic. Fungi may be epiphytic (i.e. live on plants eg. Armillaria), saprophytic (i.e. live with association with other plants eg. lichen, mycorrhiza) and predacious (eg. Dactyldela) and parasitic (eg. Erysipi) fungi are achlorohphyllus i.e. devoid of chlorophyll hence cannot prepare their own food. They are heterotrophic and show absorptive type of nutrition.