NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM FUNGI

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is the mode of nutrition for fungi?
A
Photosynthetic
B
Chemotrophic
C
Saprophytic
D
Holozoic
Explanation: 

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

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Fungi are eukaryotic species that derive nutrition through the heterotrophic mode of nutrition. Heterotrophs are creatures that cannot manufacture food on their own and must depend on other sources/organisms to derive food.

Detailed explanation-4: -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).

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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