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Non-green non differentiated plants characterised by total absence of chlorophyll are called Fungi.
They grow either on dead, rotten organic matters as saprophytes or live as parasites on other living bodies, which are referred to as hosts.
Moulds and mushrooms are the familiar examples of saprophytic fungi. The maximum diversity of fungi is in the
Western Ghats followed by the eastern Himalaya and the western Himalaya.