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Reproduction in Fungi

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Fungi do not possess chlorophyll. Hence they are incapable of photosynthesis.So, they depend on either living organisms or non-living things. Name the two types of modes of nutrition in fungi.

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The two types of modes of nutrition in fungi are
1. Saprophytic- In this then fungi obtain nutrition from dead and decaying organic matter with the help of enzymes.
2. Parasitic- In this the fungi penetrate the body of the organisms with the help of hyphae to obtain nutrition. Such fungi cause diseases in plants and animals,

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