Question : Afterrecovering from infection of ringworm, Reena throught that all fungi are harmful for human kind, as these spoil food and cause various diseases. But her elder sister told him that not all fungi are harmful, some are quite useful such as in making bread, vitamins, medicines (antibiotics) and in decomposing organic wastes (i) Name any fungus which is used in bread making (ii) Name any fungus which is the source of some medicine What ecological benefit is shown by fungi ?

Question : Afterrecovering from infection of ringworm, Reena throught

1.	Question : Afterrecovering from infection of ringworm, Reena throught that all fungi are harmful for human kind, as these spoil food and cause various diseases. But her elder sister told him that not all fungi are harmful, some are quite useful such as in making bread, vitamins, medicines (antibiotics) and in decomposing organic wastes (i) Name any fungus which is used in bread making (ii) Name any fungus which is the source of some medicine What ecological benefit is shown by fungi ?
Answer» Solution :(i) Yeast (Sacharomyces) (ii) Green mould (PENICILLIUM) (III) Fungi are decomposers (or micro-consumers) of ecosystem. They bring about decomposition of DEAD organic matter of any ecosytem and help in RETURNING of minerl elements again to the medium and thus keep running the biogeochemical CYCLES of ecosystems.