Question

Phycology deal with the study of
A) Algae
B) Fungi
C) Microbes
D) Bryophytes

Answer 1

Hint:Phycology is a branch of biological science and is often regarded as a subdiscipline of botany, it includes the organisms from very tiny microorganisms that float through the ocean to huge forests of seaweed.

Complete Answer:
Let us start to answer with the etymology of the word Phycology, which originates from Greek and consists of phykos meaning "seaweed"; and -logia meaning “study”.
1) Phycology is the branch of science that deals with the study of algae. It also includes the study of various other prokaryotic organisms like blue-green algae and cyanobacteria. It is also known as algology. Algae are photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms that are found in an aquatic environment. They lack true roots, leaves, and stem and do not produce flowers. Some are unicellular like Chlamydomonas, while others are multicellular like seaweeds and sargassum.
2) The branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi is known as Mycology. The study of microbes or microorganisms is called microbiology. The bryophytes come under the major field of botany but specifically their study is called bryology.

Additional Information: Algae are sometimes considered plants and sometimes considered "protists" (a grab-bag category of generally distantly related organisms that are grouped on the basis of not being animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, or archaeans).Algae can be found residing in oceans, lakes, rivers, ponds and even in snow, anywhere on Earth. They are neither plants, animals or fungi. Many algae are single celled, however some species are multicellular.

Thus, the correct answer is option A (Algae).

Note:Algae have many types of life cycles, and they range in size from microscopic. The Micromonas species to giant kelps that reach 60 metres (200 feet) in length.