Multiple choice

Which of the following plants is an example of a saprotroph?

  1. Amarbel

  2. Mushroom

  3. China rose

  4. Venus fly trap

  5. Tiger lily
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Explanation

Yes, it is correct. The mode of nutrition in which organisms take in nutrients in solution form from dead and decaying matter is called saprotrophic nutrition. Plants which use saprotrophic mode of nutrition are called saprotrophs. The mushroom is a saprotroph.

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