Why are fungi heterotrophic?

Answer 1

It is a fungi, a family of life which ca take nutrients from living or non living things.

It can be a parasite; taking nutrients from a living source (hence the term "fungal infection")

Or it can take nutrients from inorganic sources such as nutrients in the soil.

Answer 2

Fungi are heterotrophic because they cannot produce their own food through photosynthesis like plants do. Instead, they rely on external sources of organic matter for nutrition. Fungi secrete enzymes to break down complex organic molecules into smaller molecules that they can then absorb and use as nutrients.

Answer 3

Fungi are heterotrophic because they are composed of hyphae which are the filaments of cells.

Answer 4

Because they get their energy from organic matter.