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Question
Explain the nutrition in fungi.
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Solution 1
The mode of nutrition in fungi is saprotrophic and they are called saprophytes. It is a mode of nutrition in which an organism obtains its nutrients from the decaying organic matter.
Solution 2
- Fungi live on decaying organic matter and the dead bodies of plants and animals.
- They have a heterotrophic mode of nutrition.
- The majority of them are saprophytes, which means they get their nutrients from decomposing organic waste.
- For example, mushrooms feed upon decaying organic matter.
Notes
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