Fungi gets its energy from substances by absorbing the nutrients that the organic matter has. It doesn't just have to be wood, it can be any kind of organic matter, but it has to absorb the nutrients that the wood has to be able to live and reproduce.
I a little!
how do mutualistic fungi get energy
Catherine G. Duncan has written: 'Fungi associated with principal decays in wood products in the United States' -- subject(s): Basidiomycetes, Wood products, Wood, Wood-decaying fungi, Wood decay, Fungi
Shelf Fungi grow on dead wood. In rare cases, it grows on live wood, and starves the tree from all of its nutrients.
No, there are many species of fungi all over the planet. They live in conditions that are very different. From rotting wood, to inside the human body!
A. S. Zainal has written: 'Micro-morphological studies of soft rot fungi in wood' -- subject(s): Chaetomium globosum, Deterioration, Phialophora fastigiata, Wood, Wood-decaying fungi
Walter H. Snell has written: 'The relation of moisture contents of wood to its decay' -- subject(s): Fungi, Moisture, Wood 'Studies of certain fungi of economic importance in the decay of building timbers, with special reference to the factors which favor their development and dissemination' -- subject(s): Deterioration, Wood, Wood-decaying fungi
Fungi are heterotrophes, which means they get their energy from outside themselves. They do this by breaking down organic substances such as carbohydrates.
Wallace E. Eslyn has written: 'Wood bridges' -- subject(s): Wood-decaying fungi, Wooden bridges 'A new method for appraising decay capabilities of micro-organisms from wood chip piles' -- subject(s): Deterioration, Wood, Wood chips, Wood-decaying fungi
Fungi gets its food by photosynthesis & with the suns energy
No, it does not.
Plants have chlorophyll and make energy from light; fungi don't.
Jan Kohlmeyer has written: 'Synoptic plates of higher marine fungi' -- subject(s): Marine fungi 'Wood-inhabiting marine fungi from the Northwest and California' -- subject(s): Fungi