question 22: Saprophytic/mycorhizian or parasite

The term "saprophytic" applies to all species feeding on dead organic matter, possibly in a symbiosis with a vegetal (it is then "mycorhizian"), while the term "parasite" applies to all species growing at the expense of other living bodies (whether vegetal, fungus or animal).
In the case of fungi with pores, parasites are rare.



Examples:

These mushrooms (boletes) grow at the expense of other living fungi (earthballs here), select then "parasite (grows on living bodies)"		This mushroom however grows on the ground. select then "saprophytic/mycorhizian (grows on dead matter)"

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