Give two functions of fungi that benefit man.

Yeast is fungus used to make bread.

Penicillin is a fungus used to make antibiotics.

Saprophytic fungi cause decomposition, making the soil fertile and allowing the plants to grow.

Fungi are beneficial to humans as sources of food and as essential support for other types of food. They create important medicines and are even used as biological insecticides. They are also vital decomposers, or saprotrophs, that break down organic waste into more useful forms