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Tubaria furfuraccea
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Fungi are a group of organisms
and micro-organisms that are classified within their own kingdom,
the fungal kingdom, as they are neither plant nor animal.
Fungi draw their nutrition from decaying organic matter, living
plants and even animals. They do not photosynthesize as they
totally lack the green pigment chlorophyll, present in green
plants. Many play an important role in the natural cycle as
decomposers and return nutrients to the soil, they are not
all destructive. Fungi are even used for medical purposes,
such as species within the penicillium genus which provide
antibiotics, e.g. penicillin.
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