10 Interesting Fact About The role of fungi in the ecosystem and their importance to agriculture

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• Mushroom is an important organism that plays a big role in the environment, including in the decomposition of organic matter.
• Most mushrooms live in the soil and help improve the structure and quality of the soil.
• Mushrooms can also help increase plant production by helping absorb nutrients from the soil.
• Some types of mushrooms such as truffles are very valuable and difficult to produce, so they are often used as expensive food ingredients.
• Mushrooms can be used to produce natural antibiotics to treat infections.
• Some types of fungi such as Aspergillus niger are used in the production of enzymes and citric acid.
• Mushrooms can be used in the fermentation process to produce beer, cheese and bread.
• Some types of fungi such as cordyceps sinensis are used in traditional Chinese medicine as a tonic that helps increase endurance and maintain health.
• Mushrooms can be used as raw materials in environmentally friendly bioplastic production.
• Some types of mushrooms such as agaricus bisorus (white mushrooms) and pleurotus osteratus (oyster mushrooms) are the most commonly consumed fungi.