Which of the following popular kitchen ingredients is called the 'sugar-eating fungus'?
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. Yeast.
- Yeast is a single-celled microbe that belongs to the Kingdom Fungi, along with moulds and mushrooms.
- It is also known as a sugar-eating fungus.
- Yeasts are divided into two distinct phyla, Ascomycota or sac fungi, and Basidiomycota or higher fungi, which together make up the subkingdom Dikarya due to their evolutionary diversity.