Mannitol is the stored food in
- Porphyra
- Fucus
- Gracilaria
- Chara
Answer
(2) Fucus
Solution
As per NCERT, the stored food in brown algae (Phaeophyceae) is complex carbohydrates in the form of laminarin or mannitol.
⇒ Fucus is a brown alga.
∵ Porphyra and Gracilaria are red algae (floridean starch) and Chara is a green alga (starch),
∴ mannitol is stored in Fucus.
Answer: (2)