NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fungi get nutrients from dead and decaying matter i.e. they have a saprophytic mode of nutrition.

Detailed explanation-2: -Saprophytes undergo extracellular digestion to digest the dead and decaying matter. They secrete digestive substances into the surrounding environment and break down the organic matter into simpler substances. The nutrients thus produced are absorbed directly through the cell membranes of the organisms.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fungi obtain nutrients from dead, organic matter, hence they are called saprophytes. Fungi produce some kind of digestive enzymes for breaking down complex food into a simple form of food. Such, simple form of food is utilized by fungi. This is defined as the saprophytic mode of nutrition.

Detailed explanation-4: -Extracellular digestion means breaking down of food molecules outside the cell either with the help of enzymes or mechanically. Fungi secrete digestive enzymes on their food, breaking down the food into smaller components and later on, the fungi absorb the food.

Detailed explanation-5: -Fungi are either saprophytic (they feed on dead plant and animal material), parasitic (they feed off a living host) or symbiotic (they share a mutually beneficial relationship with another organism).