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Mannitol is the stored food in

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b
(b) : Fucus is a brown algae $i.e.$ belongs to Class Phaeophyta. In this alga the accumulation product of photosynthesis is D­mannitol (a sugar alcohol) and the reserve food material is laminarin.

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