Question

The image shows an ant that has been infected by a fungus, with the sporangium of the fungus emerging from the ant’s head. What type of nutrition is the fungus in the image demonstrating? A. parasitic B. autotrophic C. saprophytic D. symbiotic E. mycorrhizae

Answer 1

A mycorrhiza (from Greek μύκης mýkēs, "fungus", and ῥίζα rhiza, "root"; pl. mycorrhizae, mycorrhiza or mycorrhizas[1]) is a symbiotic association between a fungusand the roots of a vascular host plant.[2] The term mycorrhiza refers to the role of the fungi in the plants' rhizosphere, its root system. Mycorrhizae play important roles in soil biology and soil chemistry.

In a mycorrhizal association, the fungus colonizes the host plant's root tissues, either intracellularly as in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF or AM), or extracellularly as in ectomycorrhizal fungi. The association is generally mutualistic, but in particular species or in particular circumstances, mycorrhizae may be variously parasitic in the host plants.

Answer 2

Parasitic

Explanation:

• Parasitism is the relationship between two individuals in which one individual is harmed and one individual is benefitted. The parasite is the organism which is benefitted and it lives in on the other organism called the host and obtain its nutrient form its host.
• Here the ant is affected by a parasitic fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis which takes controls on ant brains and grow inside the ant body.
• The fungus continues to grow in the ant body and finally comes out from the ants head and spread its spores. Therefore the type of nutrition is parasitic.

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