Which Feature Does Not Contribute to the Ability of a Fungus

question 89

Multiple Choice

Which feature does not contribute to the ability of a fungus to acquire nutrients?

• A) Most have predatory lifestyles and have evolved to be exceptionally good at targeting prey.
• B) They are tolerant of environmental extremes and can produce massive amounts of dormant spores when conditions become unfavorable.
• C) They are able to grow quickly when food sources become available and have high surface area-to-volume ratios to maximize nutrient uptake.
• D) Individual hyphae are very slender and can penetrate small spaces to acquire nutrients inaccessible to larger organisms.
• E) There is no size limit to the organisms they can consume-by digesting their food externally, they can break down larger food molecules outside of their cells and absorb smaller molecules through their membranes.

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