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Which of the following plant grows on dead and decaying matter?
Which of the following plant grows on dead and decaying matter?
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The correct option is C Mushroom
- Cuscuta is a parasitic plant. It has no chlorophyll. It grows on other living plants (host) and derives nutrition from them. This results in weakening of the host plant.
- Mushroom is a saprophytic plant. They grow on dead and decaying plants or animal bodies.
- Drosera is an insectivorous plant. They grow in nitrogen-deficient soil. To compensate for nitrogen deficiency they feed on insects.
- Algae is an autotrophic plant. They synthesise their own food through photosynthesis.
- Cuscuta is a parasitic plant. It has no chlorophyll. It grows on other living plants (host) and derives nutrition from them. This results in weakening of the host plant.
- Mushroom is a saprophytic plant. They grow on dead and decaying plants or animal bodies.
- Drosera is an insectivorous plant. They grow in nitrogen-deficient soil. To compensate for nitrogen deficiency they feed on insects.
- Algae is an autotrophic plant. They synthesise their own food through photosynthesis.
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