how do mutualistic fungi get energy
Ascomycota, Mucoromycotina, and Basidiomycota are examples of phyla with predatory fungi species. The carnivorous fungi tend to live in soil and eat nematodes or other small animals.
A fungus' purpose is to decompose and recycle nutrients back into soil. It can also cometimes be predatory or work in a symbiotic relationship with plants.
No, it does not.
Plants have chlorophyll and make energy from light; fungi don't.
Fungi get their energy from living or dead organisms. They will usually specialize in living or dead and it is rare that they can do both.
No
it makes its own food
Animals and fungi that must depend on autotrophs for their food energy are called consumers. These consumers are also called heterotrophs.
Fungi obtain their food energy by absorbing nutrients from their surroundings through their mycelium. They secrete enzymes that break down organic matter into simpler compounds, which are then absorbed by the fungi to provide energy for growth and reproduction. This process is known as extracellular digestion.
Yes, fungi obtain energy through the process of breaking down organic matter using enzymes. Fungi release enzymes to break down complex molecules in their environment, allowing them to absorb the smaller molecules as nutrients for energy production.
Glycogen.
Energy from plants go to feed the fungi that ants and termites cultivate. Then the ants and termites eat those fungi, receiving that energy. The anteaters than eats the ants or termites, and gets the energy that originally came from the plants.