how do fungi obtain nutrition tromdead and decaying matter
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Fungi obtain nutrients in three different ways: They decompose dead organic matter. A saprotroph is an organism that obtains its nutrients from non-living organic matter, usually dead and decaying plant or animal matter, by absorbing soluble organic compounds.
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Fungi obtain nutrition in three different ways:
✍ They decompose dead organic matter. They decompose dead plants and animal tissues by releasing enzymes from hyphal tips. In this way they recycle organic material back into the surrounding environment . Because of this ability , fungi are the primary decomposers in forests.
✍They feed on living hosts. As parasites, fungi live in or on other organisms and get their nutrition from there hosts.
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