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Mention two important uses of fungi ?

The main use is that a fungi name penicillium notatum use for making medicene peniciline. Fungi are important as they can be used to decompose dead matter. It can help destroy green flies. It can also be useful for making citric acid, antibiotics and they can be useful for food e.g. wine, beer and bread. You can eat mushrooms. They help us make compost and it helps digest dung. They can be used for food for bugs.Fungi also helps those plants which lack nutrients.
 

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1- Fungi have been used as a source of food throughout much of history. A variety of mushrooms are used for cooking such as portabella, oyster, shiitake, and truffles.

2-Fungi are often used in the manufacturing of food such as yeast, which is used in the fermentation of fruit juice to produce wine.

3-Fungi play an important role in producing antibiotics such as penicillin and cyclosporine. These antibiotics are used to combat fungal and bacterial diseases.

4-Fungi are also used in environmental cleansing as a detoxifying agent.

5-Fungi have been effectively utilized in insect control and to fight roundworm and a range of fungi pathogens and other organisms
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