Question

Short notes on useful fungi

Answer 1

Humans use fungi for many purposes, including as food or in the preparation of food. In addition, fungi can be used to produce citric acid, antibiotics, and human hormones

Answer 2

Fungi are eukaryotic organisms that belong to the lower position of the plant kingdom.

Although there are many types of harmful fungi in our environment,but some of them are extremely useful for ourselves.

For example:

1) Yeast is a fungi which we vastly use in the baking industry.

2) Mushrooms are also fungi and there are many types of edible mushrooms which we harvest as a food material.

3) A revolutionary natural medicine which is known as penicillin ,is derived from a fungi known as the penicillium.