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Q. Most fungi are heterotrophic because they are:

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Most fungi are heterotrophic and absorb soluble organic matter from dead substrates and are called saprophytes. Organisms that depend on living plants and animals are called parasites. Puccinia is an example of parasite.They can also live as symbionts, i.e., in association with algae as lichens and with roots of higher plants as mycorrhiza.