Question

Both animals and fungi are heterotrophic. What distinguishes fungal heterotrophy from animal heterotrophy is that most FUNGI derive their nutrition by ________. *

a. Releasing strong acids to breakdown food outside its body, then absorbs it

b. Ingesting materials

c. Releasing enzymes to breakdown food outside its body, then absorbs it

d. Absorbing food from hosts with its hyphae

d. Absorbing food from hosts with its hyphae

Answer 1

Ans C-  Releasing enzymes to breakdown food outside its body, then absorb it. (Exoenzymes, enzymes that catalyze reactions on compounds outside of the cell, are transported out of the hyphae where they break down nutrients in the environment.)