Question

(a) Name and define the mode of nutrition in Mushroom. 

(b) Name the symbiotic life form, which is seen as slow, growing large, coloured patches on the bark of trees. 

Answer 1

(a) Saprophytic nutrition - 

Organisms feed on dead or decaying organic matter are called saprophytes and their mode of nutrition as saprophytic nutrition (In Greek- ‘Sapros’ means rotten and ‘trophos’ means feeder). 

(b) Lichen.