NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fungi are consumers, and therefore they get the energy they require to survive from other creatures. There are three main ways fungi obtain energy: living in or on other animals as parasites, decomposition of dead organic matter, and living mutually with other creatures.

Detailed explanation-2: -All fungi are heterotrophic, which means that they get the energy they need to live from other organisms. Like animals, fungi extract the energy stored in the bonds of organic compounds such as sugar and protein from living or dead organisms. Many of these compounds can also be recycled for further use.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fungi are organisms that absorb nutrients from dead and deacying matter. For example, fungi like mushrooms grow on bread, pickle, dead plants and animals, etc., and obtain nutrients from them.