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No it feeds off of dead organisms

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They lack photosynthetic pigments.

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Q: Can a mushroom produce there own food?
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What has photosynthesis?

All plants that produce their own food, but a mushroom cannot produce their own food.


Is a mushroom a heterotrough or autotrough?

A mushroom is a heterotroph, meaning it obtains its nutrition by consuming organic matter from other sources. It cannot produce its own food through photosynthesis like autotrophs.


Can a mushroom digest its food?

no it cant digest its own food


Which of the following makes its own food using energy from the sun?

The correct answer is Plants. They use photosynthesis to convert sunlight into energy to produce their own food.


How do you call the plants that produce their own food?

All plants produce there own food through photosynthesis, although to do that they need water and carbon dioxide (H20+C02-->light-->glucose and 02). Plants that do not produce their own food are called Fungi (mushroom and toadstools). Although Fungi aren't actual plants they have their own place in the tree of life completetly separated from the branches of plants and animals.


What are the names for organisms that produce their own food and those that do not produce their own food?

Producer produce their own foods; consumers do not.


What is an organism called when it does not produce its own food?

It is called single celled when it DOES produce its own food and multi celled when it can't produce its own food.


Can you produce your own food?

me? no


How does bacteia in this ecosystem produce its own food?

The bacteria in a given ecosystem can only produce its own food by the use of sunlight.


All organisms that can not produce their own food are called .?

All organisms that can not produce their own food, are called heterotrophs.


How Fungi can produce their food even at night?

Because unlike plants, they are heterotrophic and consume material for energy rather than absorbing sunlight and creating their own. They only use the sun as a guide to let them know where to produce their sexual reproductive organ, the mushroom.


Do sharks produce their own food?

no