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How do fungi get onto food?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Through the contact with other materials - human hands, other animal contact (bird droppings), and also air and water. Any one of those vectors could carry fungi spores that could inoculate the food surface.

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How does fungi gets it food?

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How do most fungi get their food?

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How does the fungi make its own food?

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Where do fungi get their food from?

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How does a fungi get its food?

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How does fungi get into food?

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Does fungi make food through photosynthesis?

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