Question

Fungi are called saprophytes why ? how are these similar to plants

Answer 1

because they live on dead organisms

i.e.they eat those bodies which buried

in earth.

because,plants and fungi are multicellular .

Answer 2

Saprophyte may refer to: Saprotrophs; organisms, particularly fungi, which obtain nutrients directly from dead organic matter. Myco-heterotrophs; plants, fungi, or micro-organisms that live on dead or decomposing matter and parasitize fungi, rather than dead organic matter directly.

Fungi are similar to plants because:-

The fungi (singular, fungus) once were considered to be plants because they grow out of the soil and have rigid cell walls.

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