Question

What is so special about fungi?

Answer 1

Fungi:

1. Fungi is a group of eukaryotic organisms that belonged to the kingdom of fungi.
2. They are achlorophyllous organisms and cannot prepare their own food.
3. They show heterotrophic nutrition or they are saprotrophic because they get their nourishment from dead and decaying organic materials.
4. Their cell wall is made up of chitin.
5. They can be unicellular such as yeast or they can be multicellular such as mushrooms.
6. They can be pathogenic and beneficial as well.
7. They are used in a variety of industries, including baking, pharmaceuticals, etc.
8. They carry out many essential biological processes such as decomposition.