Question

Decaying fruits & vegetables have cotton mass covering on them .use hand lens to see cotton clearly?

Answer 1

Hey dear ☺

Decaying fruits and vegetables have cotton mass covering on them this is

FUNGUS.


WE CAN SEE IT WITH HAND LENS, but if we want to know about the structure we should use Microscope.

Answer 2

The cotton mass covering the 'decaying fruits and vegetables' is Fungus. We can see it using a hand lens but if we want to see the internal structure of Fungus then a powerful microscope is required.

Explanation:

Fruits and vegetables have high amount of water in them but their low pH level gives fungi an advantage to grow on them. These fungi feed on fruits and vegetable and take nutrition from it.