Grade 6 · Science and Technology · Living Things (Fungi)
Fungi are living things that do not make their own food because they have no chlorophyll. They feed on dead or living matter. Examples are mushrooms, yeast and moulds. Useful fungi: edible mushrooms for food, yeast for baking bread and making drinks, and decomposers that recycle dead matter. Harmful fungi cause food spoilage and diseases such as ringworm and athlete's foot. Some wild mushrooms are poisonous.