Question

3.Find out the uses of fungi to plants and animals.
4. What is the structure of lichen, a condiment? Where else
is it used?​

Answer 1

Answer:

3. Fungi decompose the bodies of dead animals and convert them into simple carbon compounds.

Some fungi living in symbiotic association with plants help to absorb water and inorganic compounds like nitrate and phosphate.

Fungi are also used to derive antibiotics like penicillin which are useful to animals.

4. Medulla. The majority of the lichen thallus is comprised of fungal filaments called the medulla. It is made of fungal cells that are loosely packed in the middle of the lichen thallus, have thin cell walls, and are threadlike. The result is a cotton-like substance underneath the outer cortex.