this is in connected with Symbiotic Relationship.
2007-07-22 02:32:15 · 9 answers · asked by Michael Ray G 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Parasites feed off of living organisms and cause them harm. This is not true in this situation. The fungi (mushrooms are their fruiting body) that are living off of a dead log are called saprophytes. They didn't kill the tree, they come in after it dies to decompose and feed off of it. Not symbiotic. There are fungi that are parasites and some of them can kill trees but this is not the situation you described.
2007-07-25 13:47:09 · answer #1 · answered by birdiebyrd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not a parasite because the food is not alive and a parasite gets food from a living host.
It is a SAPROPHTE meaning that it absorbs food from dead organic matter.
This is not a symbiotic relationship because symbiosis occurs between living organisms.
2007-07-22 04:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a vulture eats the dead dog, is the vulture considered a parasite?
The answer is No. The definition of a parasite requires that it attaches to a living "host" organism, and it steals nutrients and energy that its living host needs.
2007-07-22 02:37:36 · answer #3 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope!! mushroom it is not consider as a parasite...even though mushrooms belong to the kingdom fungi. there are still distictions. fungi live either sparobic or parasitic. and the mushrooms that live in the decaying body of dogs are said to be saprobic. who absrod their food in decaying body of an organism.
2007-07-23 15:10:45 · answer #4 · answered by cherry 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not believe a parasite lives off of dead things so, no.
If the shroom lived off of a living tree and somehow provided a service to the tree, that would be symbiotic.
2007-07-22 02:35:03 · answer #5 · answered by eldude 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I dint believe so a parasite is one creature living off another the mushrooms would be one plant living off another.
2007-07-22 02:37:46 · answer #6 · answered by After 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. By definition a parasite survives on a living host, not a dead one.
2007-07-22 02:35:13 · answer #7 · answered by johnmamini 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hmm...I'll give it a shot in the dark...haha. Yes, I consider them parasites because mushrooms are fungi and fungi are parasites???
2007-07-22 02:35:36 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, because they get their sustenance and life from the log yet not part of the log
2007-07-22 02:35:12 · answer #9 · answered by Ya-sai 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋