National ▁League ▁( English ▁football ) ▁players <0x0A> </s> ▁S ap rot roph ic ▁nut r ition ▁ ▁or ▁l ys ot roph ic ▁nut r ition ▁is ▁a ▁process ▁of ▁chem oh eter ot roph ic ▁ext rac ell ular ▁dig estion ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁processing ▁of ▁decay ed ▁( de ad ▁or ▁waste ) ▁organ ic ▁matter . ▁It ▁occurs ▁in ▁sap rot roph s , ▁and ▁is ▁most ▁often ▁associated ▁with ▁fung i ▁( for ▁example ▁M uc or ) ▁and ▁soil ▁b acter ia . ▁S ap rot roph ic ▁micro scop ic ▁fung i ▁are ▁sometimes ▁called ▁sap ro bes ; ▁sap rot roph ic ▁plants ▁or ▁b acter ial ▁fl ora ▁are ▁called ▁sap ro phy tes ▁( s ap ro - ▁+ ▁- phy te , ▁" rott en ▁material " ▁+ ▁" plant "), ▁though ▁it ▁is ▁now ▁believed ▁that ▁all ▁plants ▁previously ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁sap rot roph ic ▁are ▁in ▁fact ▁par as ites ▁of ▁micro scop ic ▁fung i ▁or ▁other ▁plants . ▁The ▁process ▁is ▁most ▁often ▁facil itated ▁through ▁the ▁active ▁transport ▁of ▁such ▁materials ▁through ▁end oc yt osis ▁within ▁the ▁internal ▁my cel ium ▁and ▁its ▁constitu ent ▁hy pha e . ▁ ▁Vari ous ▁word ▁roots ▁rel ating ▁to ▁decay ed ▁matter ▁( det rit us , ▁sap ro - ), ▁e ating ▁and ▁nut r ition ▁(- v ore , ▁- ph age ), ▁and ▁plants ▁or ▁life ▁forms ▁(- phy te , ▁- obe )