Bread mould gets its food

Through photosynthesis

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Non living matter

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By eating herbivorous animals

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All of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B Non living matter
Bread mold (Rhizopus stolonifer) is a widely distributed thread-like mucoralean mold. Commonly found on bread surfaces, it takes food and nutrients from the bread and causes damage to the surface where it lives. Asexual spores are formed within pinhead-like sporangia, which break to release the spores when mature. Germination of these spores forms the haploid hyphae of a new mycelium. R. stolonifer grows rapidly at temperatures between 15 and 30°C.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

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