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Pg.no. 35 Fungi Ashbya gospii and Erymothecium ashbyii are used in the synthesis of Vitamins B- riboflavin. Fungal Diseases: Human – Mycoses (growing on skin, nails, hair, organs, athlethe foot, and ringworm.) Animals – Ergot, athlete food Plants – Rust, black rot, black spot, and canker) Kingdom Plantae Non-Flowering (Cryptogams) Plant Flowering (Phanerogams) Plants Algae Gymnosperms Bryophyta Angiosperms Pteridophyta Algae: 1. They are green water plants called algae. They are lowest and simplest primitive plants. Their body is not differentiated into root, stem or leaf. 2. They made be unicellular, multicellular, filamentous or branched and tree like. 3. They process chlorophyll and can prepare their own food. 4. Their cell wall is made up of cellulose. Figure 11.2 (Algae)