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Is this a
plant??
Fungi do not
have basic plant
parts roots,
stem, flower,
fruit and leaf.
yeast
toadstool
mushrooms
growing and
feeding on wood
In mushrooms
spore cases
Useful Fungi
Food e.g. button, Portobello, shiitake, straw, oyster
mushrooms
Breaking down of dead or rotting organisms -> return
nutrients to the environment
Making of food products such as bread (yeast is a
fungus), cheese, soy sauce, tempeh, miso, beer, wine.
Making of medicine e.g. antibiotics
Pest control kill or control agricultural pests
Harmful Fungi
Spoil food e.g. bread moulds, and products such as
leather, paint
Cause diseases in plants, animals and humans
Poisonous fungi
Some bacteria
can grow on
food and cause
them to spoil!