BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
KINGDOM FUNGI
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Saprophytic (absorbing dissolved material from dead organisms)
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Parasitic (absorbing nutrients from a host organism that injures the host)
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Symbiotic (mutualistic relationship where the fungi absorbs nutrients but also helps the other organism)
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Photosynthesis (taking in sunlight and producing food)
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Detailed explanation-1: -How do fungi feed? Fungi cannot make their food from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide as plants do, in the process known as photosynthesis. This is because they lack the green pigment known as chlorophyll, which plants use to capture light energy. So, like animals, they must obtain their food from other organisms.
Detailed explanation-2: -All fungi are heterotrophic, which means that they get the energy they need to live from other organisms. Like animals, fungi extract the energy stored in the bonds of organic compounds such as sugar and protein from living or dead organisms. Many of these compounds can also be recycled for further use.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fungi are consumers, and therefore they get the energy they require to survive from other creatures. There are three main ways fungi obtain energy: living in or on other animals as parasites, decomposition of dead organic matter, and living mutually with other creatures.
Detailed explanation-4: -Unlike plants, fungi are unable to source their energy from the sun via photosynthesis. Instead, most fungi (except for lichens) release enzymes into the environment that digest organic matter and then absorb it.
Detailed explanation-5: -The main difference between plants and fungi is that fungi lack chlorophyll (green matter). This means that they can’t make their own food from sunlight through the process of photosynthesis. Instead, like animals, they must obtain food from other organisms.