No. Fungus does not make it's own food, the way that green plants do, but relies on food found in organic matter, such as manure, wood, paper, or the skin between your toes (athlete's foot fungus). If there is no organic material, there is no food. While one component of a lichen is a fungus, lichens are in a group all their own.
Why are decomposers such as fungi and bacteriaimportant to an ecosystem?
Rhizoids hold the fungus to the organic material and ingest the nutrients to help the mold continue to grow
Organic lawn treatments can be purchased from certain retailers online or in stores. Organic law treatments for fungus can also be made at home, with recipes being found online.
Fungus
Bacteria help to break down and decay material organic materials. They also aid with digestion inside of the body, and help to keep fungus in check.
Fungus-like protists
Fungus has the role of decomposer in a food chain it decomposes the dead organic material and feeds on it.
Protists which break down organic material are known as fungus-like protists. A few examples of this type of protist are water molds and slime molds.
Why are decomposers such as fungi and bacteriaimportant to an ecosystem?
Yes! An organism (soil,bacterium,fungus,or invertebrate),that decomposes organic material
Rhizoids hold the fungus to the organic material and ingest the nutrients to help the mold continue to grow
Decomposers eat dead material. Most decomposers are fungus and bacteria. However, mosquito larvae does not eat dead organic material, and therefore is not a decomposer.
Yes thy do!! That is why fungus grows on bread. Fungus is a decomposer and Bread is Organic matter that is non-living.
The official definition for the word saprophyte is "a plant, fungus, or microorganism that lives on dead or decaying organic matter."
Organic lawn treatments can be purchased from certain retailers online or in stores. Organic law treatments for fungus can also be made at home, with recipes being found online.
Fungus
Bacteria help to break down and decay material organic materials. They also aid with digestion inside of the body, and help to keep fungus in check.