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Chapter 31, Problem 2SYK
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To determine:
How lifestyles of decomposers, mutualists, and
Introduction:
Fungi is a group of eukaryotic microorganism that includes molds and yeasts. They are heterotrophic in nature. They lack chlorophyll and so they are not able synthesize their own food. Thus, they absorb nutrients and organic compounds from other dead or alive organisms.
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