(Best months for growing Strawberries (from seeds) in Australia-temperate regions). S = Plant undercover in seed trays. 1  Start inside in pots or trays after chilling seeds.. 2  Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Saprophyte(noun) any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe.
A saprophyte or saprotroph is an organism which gets its energy from dead and decaying organic matter. This may be decaying pieces of plants or animals. This means that saprophytes are heterotrophs. They are consumers in the food chain. This is the typical life-style of fungi.