Biology, asked by lavisha2463, 1 year ago

what are the uses of fungi to plants and animals

aryajhanak19: Fungi and bacteria are essential to many of the most basic ecosystem processes: saprobic fungi break down fallen wood and litter returning nutrients to the soil; nitrogen-fixing bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi assist plants to obtain nutrients from the soil; and many groups of fungi and bacteria cause diseases of plants .

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Answered by Aasya

There r many uses like mushroom is a type of fungi used for food, yeast helps in making breads, cake and idli.

Answered by MsRisingStar

(1) fungi decompose the bodies of dead animals and convert them into simple carbon compounds. These substances easily mix with air, water and soil from where they are again absorbed by plants and enter the food chain.

(2) some fungi living in symbiotic association with plants help to absorb water and inorganic compounds like nitrate and phosphate.

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

(4) Ants grow fungi in their anthill and obtain food from it.

(5) some species of waspe and insects lay their eggs in the fungal bodies growing on trees thus ensuring a food supply for their Larvae.

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