You need to know the following characteristics if Fungi:
- Fungi come in different shapes and sizes.
- Some fungi can be very small and can be seen only under a microscope.
- Fungi cannot make food. They get their food (absorb the nutrients) from other food or living thing, dead or alive.
- Fungi reproduce by spores.
- Fungi can be useful (example, yeast for making bread) or harmful to us (example, mould on bread when it turns bad).
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| Taken from page 52 of My Pals Are Here! Diversity textbook |
These are some examples of fungi:
Mushroom are fungi too but they are large enough to be seen without a microscope. Different kinds of mushroom grow in different places. Some mushroom can be eaten but some are poisonous.
