Question

(a) What is a fungus? (b) Does a fungus cause only diseases or can it be helpful also?? please help with this immidiatly

Answer 1

A fungus can be described as below:

Explanation:

• A fungus can generally be described as an eukaryotic microorganism which have cell walls made up of chitin.

• There are different types of fungi sharing similarities with animals, plants or microorganisms.

• Although, fungus are known to cause large amounts of damage yet they can be helpful in a number of other ways.

• For example, some fungi are used in making food products, others are used in controlling pests.