sentences:  For example, usage distinctions can be made based on macroscopic swallowing of detritus (as an earthworm does) versus microscopic lysis of detritus (as a mushroom does).A facultative saprophyte appears on stressed or dying plants and may combine with the live pathogens.As matter decomposes within a medium in which a saprotroph is residing, the saprotroph breaks such matter down into its composites.