Question

The teacher explained that the Indian Pipe is not a fungus but a parasitic plant – Justify the explanation given by the teacher.

Answer 1

Answer:

Although there is not an Indian pipe fungus, Indian pipe is a parasitic plant that survives by borrowing nutrients from certain fungi, trees and decaying plant matter. This complicated, mutually beneficial process allows the plant to survive

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

Indian pipes survive on another plant and its associated fungus and obtains sugars from the fungus.

Explanation:

i.e . its host is fungus .Indian pipe does not contain chlorophyll.Means it depend on fungus for survival .Thus it is not fungus.