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Which Feature Does Not Contribute to the Ability of a Fungus

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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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