EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Yeast. Mushrooms. Moulds. Truffles.

Detailed explanation-2: -Yeast-like fungi may be basidiomycetes, such as Cryptococcus neoformans or ascomycetes such as Candida albicans.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mushrooms are fungi. They belong in a kingdom of their own, separate from plants and animals. Fungi differ from plants and animals in the way they obtain their nutrients. Generally, plants make their food using the sun’s energy (photosynthesis), while animals eat, then internally digest, their food.

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples include the highly prized edible chanterelle (C. cibarius) and the horn-of-plenty mushroom (Craterellus cornucopioides). Puffballs (family Lycoperdaceae), stinkhorns, earthstars (a kind of puffball), and bird’s nest fungi are usually treated with the mushrooms.

Detailed explanation-5: -fungus (plural: fungi)-A simple organism with cell walls and no chlorophyll, belonging to the Kingdom Fungi. Fungal cells have at least one nucleus and can fuse together to form strands or grow as single cells. Fungi digest and absorb food from their environment. Some examples of fungi are molds, yeasts and mushrooms.