Basics of Morphology

"Basics of Morphology" is an exhaustive introductory text for the students of plant sciences. Keeping in mind, this book has been prepared to present the subject-matter in an easily understandable way without sacrificing the essential details and principles and yet avoiding redundant matter and unnecessary complications. This book is expected to meet adequately the need of the students for whom it is meant. It is the aim of comparative morphology to follow the cytological development of the life cycle, and through this book, the author aims at exposing how the cytological methods of investigation have enabled us to have a much clearer and deeper conception of many of the problems of comparative morphology. While the introductory chapters of the book discuss the basic forms, the remaining part describes the modifications of the basic forms in the different groups. Fungi are Thallophtes that have no green plant pigment. Their body is generally called Thallus, is either a single cell or a thread like structure. We can distinguish several hundred fungus species by the naked eye, but this has its limitations.