Question

Mushroom is an example of a/an
a) saprotroph
b) parasite
c)autotroph
d)insectivorous​

Answer 1

Answer:

saprotroph is the answer of mushroom

Answer 2

Answer:

Mushroom is an example of a-

a) saprotroph

Explanation:

• Mushrooms are the members of advanced fungi belong to the class Basidiomycetes..
• They are saprophytes as they grow on a dead decaying matter which are rich in organic matter like dung,old rotten logs etc.
• Mushrooms cannot prepare their own food so that cannot be a autotrophs.
• Some mushrooms are edible fungi and some are poisonous.
• Mushrooms are fungi and belong to their own and separate kingdom.
• They are differ from the plants in the way of obtaining nutrients.
• Green plants generally make their own food with the help of sunlight by the process of Photosynthesis,where as mushrooms cannot prepare their own food and depend on dead decaying matter for their nutrients and hence are saprophytic in nature.