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Q:How do mushrooms obtain their food? A: my best guess is that they get it from what they are growing on. :)
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoThey don't, mushrooms are fungi. Fungi feed off whatever they are growing on. e.g. bread, logs or even human flesh
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∙ 11y agoMushrooms are not able to make their own food. Mushrooms typically gain nutrients and engery by breaking down organic matter, whether it comes from dead or living organisms.
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∙ 11y agoPhotosynthesis
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Why are decomposers such as mushrooms considered heterotrophs and not autotrophs?
Mushrooms are considered heterotrophs because they don't make their own food. Instead, they obtain their food by absorbing nutrients from decomposing organisms in the environment.
What do plants need to successfully on land?
They must have structures that allow them to obtain water or other nutrients from their surroundings, retain water, transport materials in their bodies, support their bodies, reproduce and leaves for photosynthesis
How do fungi take in and use nutrients from their surroundings?
they absorb and digest them
How does the respiratory system obtain nutrients?
what does nutrients got to do with the respiratory
Can mushrooms do photosynthesis?
Mushrooms are a type of fungus and they are used for spreading their organism's spores. Fungi are absorptive heterotrophs and obtain their food from their environments. They do not go through photosynthesis.
How does mushroom obtain its nutrients?
Mushrooms get their nutrients by decomposing organic matter.
Which group of living things do moulds and mushrooms belong to?
These are loose terms applied to members of the kingdom Fungi.
Why are decomposers such as mushrooms considered heterotrophs and not autotrophs?
Mushrooms are considered heterotrophs because they don't make their own food. Instead, they obtain their food by absorbing nutrients from decomposing organisms in the environment.
How do mushrooms grow on trees?
the trees have nutrients and the mushrooms are feeding off the nutrients, so they're practically breaking down or decomposing the tree
Can mushroom grow without sunlight?
Yes, mushrooms can technically grow without sunlight. They obtain all of their nutrients from the soil but they tend to use ambient light to produce vitamin D.
How do mushrooms obtain the nutrients that they need for growth?
Mushrooms have a complex series of small roots that form in soil, or on the outside of tree roots. The stalks and caps are constructed relatively rapidly below the surface and then erupt over a short period of time.
Do mushrooms leave nutrients in the soil?
no they dont
Do mushrooms provide nutrients for soil?
Yes
Do mushrooms obtain and use energy?
Yes.
What do plants need to successfully on land?
They must have structures that allow them to obtain water or other nutrients from their surroundings, retain water, transport materials in their bodies, support their bodies, reproduce and leaves for photosynthesis
How do fungi take in and use nutrients from their surroundings?
they absorb and digest them
How does the respiratory system obtain nutrients?
what does nutrients got to do with the respiratory
