Question

If you leave a piece of moist bread covered under a small bell jar at a warm place, mould grows on it in a few days. Answer the following with reference to this observation:

How does bread mould obtain nourishment? What type of nourishment is it- epiphytic, autotrophic, parasitic symbiotic, or saprophytic?

Answer 1

Bread mould obtains its nourishment through extracellular digestion from the substratum on which it grows. This mode of nourishment is called saprophytic nutrition.