You find a new organism. It gains nutrients by secreting enzymes outside of itself and absorbing the digested product. It is eukaryotic and has a cell wall containing chitin. It reproduces with flagellated, swimming spores. You classify the new organism as a(n)
A) basidiomycota.
B) mushroom.
C) rumen fungus.
D) ascomycota.

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The description matches characteristics of rumen fungi, which are eukaryotic, have cell walls made of chitin, secrete enzymes to digest food externally, and reproduce with flagellated spores.

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