Q. Myxomycetes are
A) Saprobes or parasites having mycelia, asexual reproduction by fragmentation and sexual reproduction by fusion of gametes
B) Slimy mass of multinucleate protoplasm, having pseudopodia like structures for engulfing food, reproduction through fragmentation or zoospores
C) Prokaryotic organisms, cellular or acellular, saprobes or autotrophic, reproduce by binary fission
D) Eukaryotic, single-celled or filamentous, saprobes or autotrophic, asexual reproduction by division of haploid individuals, sexual reproduction by fusion of two cells or their nuclei
Explanation
Myxomycetes are known as cellular slime moulds, they grow in damp places, $e.g.,$ soil and rotting trees trunk. Myxomycetes are slimy mass of the multinucleated protoplasm that has pseudopodia like structure for engulfing foods. Reproduction in them takes place through fragmentation or zoospores.
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