Mushroom is an example of ____________ nutrition.

Phototrophic

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Parasitic

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Chemotrophic

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Saprophytic

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Solution

The correct option is D Saprophytic
Various types of fungi like mushrooms are saprophytic organisms which feed on dead and decaying matter. Phototrophic and chemotrophic are types of autotrophic nutrition in which the organisms synthesise their own food. Parasitic mode of nutrition is a type of heterotrophic nutrition in which an organism obtains food from another organism by harming them.

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