Q. Which of the following is/are true for saprophytes?

1. The mode of nutrition in which organisms take in nutrients from dead and decaying matter.
2. Algae is an example.

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Answer: Only 1
Notes: The organisms are called fungi. They have a different modes of nutrition. They absorb the nutrients from the bread. This mode of nutrition in which organisms take in nutrients from dead and decaying matter is called saprotrophic nutrition. Such organisms with saprotrophic mode of nutrition are called saprotrophs. Fungi also grow on pickles, leather, clothes and other articles that are left in hot and humid weather for long time.