Solve the following riddles by writing the name of the organism and its mode of nutrition. I am white and soft. I grow well in the rainy season. Children pluck me from the ground and admire me. I absorb nutrients from decomposed dead parts of plants and animals in the soil.
(a) tree, autotroph
(b) fish, heterotroph
(c) mosquito, parasite
(d) mushroom, saprotroph
Correct Answer: (d) mushroom, saprotroph
Explanation:
The mushroom is white and soft. It grows well in the rainy season.
The mushroom shows the saprotrophic mode of nutrition. The mode of nutrition in which organisms feed on the dead and decaying matter is known as the Saprophytic mode of nutrition. Mushroom depends on dead and decaying plants for food.
[Extra information:
The reproduction method varies based on the species of Mushroom.
1) In some species of Mushrooms, an asexual method of reproduction takes place. During this method, the fruiting body produces spores that get dispersed and germinated under favorable conditions to form a new body.
2) During the sexual method of reproduction in a few species of mushroom, hyphae of two different mushrooms fuse and form a new fruiting body to grow in the soil.]
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