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2007-02-07 13:58:51 · 2 answers · asked by sanam p 1 in Science & Mathematics Botany

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It obtains food, it cannot make its own food. Thus, fungi are heterotrophic, and not autotrophic. This is one of the reasons fungi are more closely related to animals than plants.

How fungi obtain food varies; a lot of fungi will absorb dead organic matter (called saprobes), while some fungi will actually absorb nutrients from living organisms (parasites)

2007-02-07 14:05:09 · answer #1 · answered by kz 4 · 0 0

Fungi are consumers or heterotrophs.

1. Some are saprophytes and get food from dead organic matter. They generally secrete enzymes to digest the food and absorb the resulting molecules.

2. Some are parasites and get food from living host organisms. They use the same method of secreting enzymes and absorbing the digested material.

2007-02-07 22:03:51 · answer #2 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0 0

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