Paheli asked to boojho that “ Can you solve the following riddle – I am white and soft. I grow well in the rainy season. Children pluck me from the ground and admire me. But I absorb nutrients from dead animals and plants”

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The correct option is B Mushroom
Mushroom is an example of saprophytes. Mushroom is a fungus which grows under the warm condition on dead parts of plant (e.g. rotting wood of a dead tree) and animals. They obtain nutrition from decaying organic matter. So, they are saprophytes.

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Paheli asked to boojho that “ Can you solve the following riddle – I am white and soft. I grow well in the rainy season. Children pluck me from the ground and admire me. But I absorb nutrients from dead animals and plants”

The correct option is B MushroomMushroom is an example of saprophytes. Mushroom is a fungus which grows under the warm condition on dead parts of plant (e.g. rotting wood of a dead tree) and animals. They obtain nutrition from decaying organic matter. So, they are saprophytes.

The correct option is B Mushroom
Mushroom is an example of saprophytes. Mushroom is a fungus which grows under the warm condition on dead parts of plant (e.g. rotting wood of a dead tree) and animals. They obtain nutrition from decaying organic matter. So, they are saprophytes.