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Saprophyte is a plant, fungus or bacterium that gains its nourishment directly from dead or decaying organic matter. these are the organisms that decompose dead organic matter. "saprophytes" is a word for the saprophytic organisms, and saprophytic is just a method of eating in which dead material is the choice of food. For example fungi like mushrooms are saprophytes because the absorb dead matter, while some bacteria are saprophytes because they decompose dead animals. But remember not all fungi and bacteria are saprophytes, there are many ways to get food!
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Is there term like obligate saprophyte and facultative saprophyte?
surely.Obligate saprophytes are ordinary saprophytes .while facultative saprophytes are parasites cultured in peculiar conditions as saprophytes, for half of their life cycle
Why are saprophytes called saprophytes?
They Live of live or Dead Organic matter
What would happen if the world had no saprophytes?
If no saprophytes would be there the world would be stinking.The saprophytes eat us or consume the dead and decaying.They work are the cleaners you can say.
Are mushroom parasites or saprophytes?
They are saprophytes because they live on other decaying matter for their food
What do you understand by saprophytes?
Saprophytes are the plants which derive their food from the dead and decaying organic matter
Do saprophytes have thick walls called endospores?
Saprophytes have thick walls called endspores?
What is different between scavenger and saprophytes?
scavengers can highly concave animals or plants but saprophytes are microorganisms
What are the plants that are not green?
Saprophytes
Do saprophytes live on by eating plants?
Saprophytes are fungi and live of dead and decaying matter, not live plant material
What are the plants that are not green called?
Saprophytes
Saprophytes are also called?
Detritivores or Saprophages.
Are saprophytes green in colour?
no they are non-green
