Hey i need some help with this question.

Which statement describes a decomposer?

A. A giraffe eats the leaves off of trees, but does not kill the tree.
B. An aardvark kills and eats termites.
C. Fungus grows on a dead tree, slowly consuming the wood.
D. The roots of a maple tree grow under a sidewalk, slowly cracking and destroying the concrete.

C because fungus is a decomposer which feeds on dead organisms

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