Fungi and bacteria are the common saprophytes that survive on saprophytic nutrition. The optimum condition for the survival and growth of saprophytes includes the presence of oxygen, high humidity/moisture, neutral or acidic pH, and temperature in the range of 1 to 35 °C (25 °C being ...
(hyphae) that form structures calledmycelium.They are saprophytic and nonphotosynthetic. Mushrooms, mildews, and puffballs are examples of fungi. Yeasts are also fungi but they are single-celled organisms.Plantsare autotrophic eukaryotes. They possess chlorophyll (green pigment) that enables them to ...