Write any two economic importances of Fungi.

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Fungi are useful to us in many ways. The importance of fungi are given below:

In preparation of antibiotic: Penicillin (Penicillium notatum) and Cephalosporin which cure different diseases are obtained from fungi.

In preparation of alcohol: Fungus like yeast contain enzymes invertase and zymase, which ferment the sugar molasses into alcohol.

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