Question

A biologist came across a fungus on a beach. Upon further study, he found out that the fungus could feed on dead matter. It can also feed on living matter, but it harms the organisms in the process. In which two groups of fungi could the biologist place the fungus? saprophytic fungi sac fungi parasitic fungi mutualistic fungi

Answer 1

Saprophytic and Parasitic fungi

Answer 2

Answer: Saprophytic and parasitic

The fungi in general is a group of saprophytic as well as parasitic organisms that feeds upon the dead and decaying matter as well on the living organisms. These organism cannot prepare their own food by the process of photosynthesis like plants and other autotrophs but are dependent upon others organisms as well as dead matter for their food requirements.