Question

fungi has saprophytic mode of nutrition but it forms a symbiotic relation with algae [litchens] so does it have symbiotic mode of nutrition also

Answer 1

Fungi is a large group of eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms and consists of large number of species. Most of them are saprophytic like mushrooms, but some of them are parasitic like the fungus causing ringworm disease or the fungus causing wheat rust disease. A few of them are symbiotic in which they show symbiotic association with other organism to obtain nutrition from it, as in lichens. In lichens, fungal partner absorbs nutrients and water from the surface while algal partner makes food for both of them.