Which one of the following has a saprophytic mode of nutrition?

Roundworm

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Leech

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Mushroom

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Lice

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Solution

The correct option is C Mushroom
The mode of nutrition in which non-green organisms take in nutrients in solution form from dead and decaying matter is called saprophytic or saprotrophic nutrition. Fungi, mushrooms, yeast and many bacteria are examples of saprophytes. Roundworms, leeches and lice are parasites, i.e., they live on or in another organism and get their nutrition from them.
So, the correct answer is 'Mushroom'

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