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Fungi only grows on rotting vegetation because that is the only way that it can receive its food. Fungi is not able to produce food for itself.

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Why does fungi only grow on rotting vegetation?

fungi only grows on rotting vegetation because it doesn't have any chlorophyll so it can't make it's own food, so it grows on rotting vegetation because it can take the food from the other plants.


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What are things that fungi need in order to grow?

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Fungi grows where?

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Can millipedes kill?

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