Question

state two difference between mode of nutrition in cuscuta and mushroom​

Answer 1

Mode of nutrition in Cuscuta:

• The Cuscuta is the parasitic plant.
• It cannot produce its own food. It has no chlorophyll. It depends on another plant source for food material using their nutrients.
• It is destructive to alfa, beans, and potatoes.

Mode of nutrition in Mushroom:

• Mushrooms are saprophytes.
• They grow above the ground or soil.
• They don’t have chlorophyll. They cannot produce their own food.
• They form the edible part of the body.
• They decompose organic matter into inorganic matter.

Answer 2

Answer:

Mushroom normally is seen to grow over the decade bodies or the living organisms that are decomposing such that the host is not harmed. While the remaining nutrient is extracted from the host while the cuscuta is a parasitic growth which survive over living organisms that are still alive.