Fungi and bacteria

• What do fungi need to survive?

  air, food and water
• Is fungi able to make their own food?

  No
• What do fungi feed on since they cannot make their own food?

  Other organisms(dead or alive)
• What do fungi reproduce through?

  Light and tiny spores
• Where are fungi found?

  In moist and warm places
• Fungi can germinate and grow into new fungi in the presence of?

  Moisture, warmth and air
• Beneficial effects of fungi

  • used to produce food and beverages
  • able to break down dead organisms and animal waste into simpler substances
  • Harmful effects of fungi
  • turn food bad when they grow on food
  • inedible as they are poisonous(some)
  • can cause diseases and absorb nutrients from the living things they grow on