Name and define the mode of nutrition in mushrooms.

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Saprophytic nutrition:
Saprophytic nutrition is the mode of nutrition in mushrooms.
Organisms that die and decay organic matter are used as food in saprophytic nutrition.
This process uses components contained in dead and decaying material for cellular needs.
Therefore, mushrooms are saprophytic based on some other ingredients like dead and rot for their food.

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