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The gills of a mush room are used to produce and store spores

Mushrooms are unable to make food because they don’t have

chlorophyll.

They feed on dead decayed matter as saprophytes

Useful fungi
 Some fungi are eaten e.g mush room

 Yeast is used to give flavor to cheese

 Yeast is used when baking bread

 Yeast is also used in brewing beer

 Yeast is a good source of vitamin B1

 Penicillin moulds are used to make antibi-

otic (medicine) called Penicillin

 Mushrooms are also a source of income af-

ter selling.

 Some fungi are used in making pestcides

Harmful fungi

 Some fungi are poisonous e.g. toad stools

 Some fungi cause diseases like; ring worm, athletes foot, liv-

er cancer, finger nail de-

formation

 Fungi also cause diseas-

es in plants e.g. : Potato

blight, Maize rust, Toma-

to blight, Rice blast

 Some fungi make food to

go bad e.g. mould grows

on food