- the
processing of deca**** (dead or waste)
organic matter. It
occurs in
saprotrophs, and is most
often ****ociated with
fungi (for
example Mucor) and soil...
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Dikarya (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota). The
blastocladiomycetes are
saprotrophs,
feeding on
decomposing organic matter, and they are
parasites of all...
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saprophyte in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Saprophyte may
refer to:
Saprotrophs; organisms,
particularly fungi,
which obtain nutrients directly from...
-
thousands of
known species of mold
fungi with
diverse life-styles
including saprotrophs, mesophiles,
psychrophiles and thermophiles, and a very few opportunistic...
- "Ecological and
Evolutionary Stabilities of Biotrophism, Necrotrophism, and
Saprotrophism" (PDF). The
American Naturalist. 194 (1): 90–103. doi:10.1086/703485...
- with
trees and
other woody plants,
parasites such as Armillaria, and
saprotrophs.
These orchids are
known as myco-heterotrophs, but were
formerly (incorrectly)...
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lichenized fungi occur in
orders with
nonlichenized fungi that live as
saprotrophs or
plant parasites (for example, the Leotiales, Dothideales, and Pezizales)...
- that also use
saprotrophic nutrition and both are
classified as
saprotrophs. A
saprotroph is a type of
decomposer that
feeds exclusively on dead and decaying...
- humus, and
usually lacking chlorophyll.
Compare parasite,
saprotroph, and epiphyte.
saprotroph An
organism deriving its
nourishment from
decaying organic...
- (maggots) eat a wide
range of foods. In some species, the
larvae are
saprotrophs,
eating decaying plant and
animal matter in the soil or in
ponds and...