Question

give reason for the following why mushroom is a saprotroph

Answer 1

Mushroom does not contain chlorophyll. So it cannot make its own food. So it grows on dead and decaying matters and absorb the needed nutrients from them. Thus mushrooms are saprophyte.

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Answer 2

mushrooms are considered to be saprotrophs as they grow on dead and decaying matter and obtain nourishment from it by secreting digestive juices mushroom is a saprophte because it grows and obtains nutrition from dead and decaying matter