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(C) In algae, the stored food material varies among different classes.$1$. $Chara$ belongs to Chlorophyceae (green algae), where food is stored as sta

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(C) In algae, the stored food material varies among different classes.$1$. $Chara$ belongs to Chlorophyceae (green algae), where food is stored as starch.$2$. $Porphyra$ and $Gracilaria$ belong to Rhodophyceae (red algae), where food is stored as floridean starch.$3$. $Fucus$ belongs to Phaeophyceae (brown algae). In brown algae, food is stored in the form of complex carbohydrates, specifically mannitol and laminarin.Therefore, mannitol is the stored food in $Fucus$.

Mannitol is the stored food in $..........$.

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