About Lesson
Economic Importance of Fungi
- Some are sources of antibiotics e.g. Penicillium.
- Some are used in baking and fermentation e.g. yeast cells.
- Some are sources of food e.g. mushroom.
- Recycling nutrients during decomposition by saprophytic fungi.
- Some cause food poisoning e.g. aflatoxin released by Aspergillus flavus.
- Some cause diseases e.g. rusts and blights in plants; and thrush and ringworms in animals.