Biology: Life on Earth Plus Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (11th Edition)
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Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
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Chapter 23, Problem 6FTB
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Fungi get nutrition from different ways. Some live in a symbiotic relationship with plants to receive nutrition, some are parasitic in nature and some use photosynthetic organisms to produce food. Some decompose organic material to receive food.
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Biology: Life on Earth Plus Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (11th Edition)
Ch. 23 - Prob. 1MCCh. 23 - 2. Which of the following diseases is not caused...Ch. 23 - 3. A symbiotic association of plant roots and...Ch. 23 - The alcohol in beer and wine is a by-product of...Ch. 23 - _______ is an ecologically important function of...Ch. 23 - Prob. 1FTBCh. 23 - Prob. 2FTBCh. 23 - Prob. 3FTBCh. 23 - Prob. 4FTBCh. 23 - Prob. 5FTB
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