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A fungus spreads over a rotting log and feeds on it. Its nutrition is:

AParasitic
BSaprotrophic
CAutotrophic
DSymbiotic
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Saprotrophic
1. Some organisms take nutrients from dead, decaying matter. 2. That mode of feeding is saprotrophic. 3. So the fungus shows saprotrophic nutrition. _Source: syllabus Science Class VII, Chapter 1, Nutrition in Plants._
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