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How do parasitic fungi eat?

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Fungus feed by absording food through hyphae.

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Parasetic fungus feed on animals, plants, and humans. Parasetic fungus feed on animals, plants, and humans.

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A fungus that is a parasite might feed on is human skin. A person should be alive in order for a fungus to feed on its skin because parasitism involves a living host.

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The chemicals of living organisms

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With their mouths.

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they feed on dead skin cells

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