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How do you conduct an activity to show the saprotrophic nutrition in bread moulds?

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Aim: 

To observe the saprotrophic nutrition in bread mould. 

What you need: 

Piece of bread, water, a container and a hand lens. 

What to do: 

Take a piece of Bread, in a container. Sprinkle some water and close the container. Open the container after few days and observe. (Use mask and gloves while doing this activity). 

What do you see: 

You will see cotton-like threads spread on the piece of bread and bread size is decreased. 

What do you learn: 

These thread-like structures are some sort of plants called Fungi. They don’t have chlorophyll so they obtain their food from dead and decaying matter.



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