Question

This group of mushrooms, fungi, are growing up through the leaf litter on the forest floor. In any food chain, these fungi would be classified as ___________ and they get their nutrients by

Answer 1

These mushrooms and other fungi will be classified as decomposers and they will obtain their nutrition by breaking down the body of organisms that have died. These organisms play a vital role in the cycling of nutrients in a food chain, since they convert the macromolecules present in dead organisms into smaller ones and release them back into the environment.