Microorganisms(fungi)✨ 🦠

Question 1

Give some examples of fungi that are not microorganisms, give their properties

Answer 1

Not all fungi are microorganisms. Mushrooms and toadstools are a few examples of microorganisms that are large and easy to see.

Question 2

Explain when mushrooms and toadstools are microorganisms

Answer 2

However, mushrooms and toadstools are only part of the fungus’s body and only grow at certain times of the year. Most of the time the fungus is only a tangle of very thin threads which grow under the ground or inside a dead log and they are so thin that they are difficult to see without a microscope, making them microorganisms.

Question 3

Explain some types of fungi that do not produce mushrooms or toadstools

Answer 3

There are some kinds of fungi that do not produce mushrooms or toadstools, and they are single-celled, not threads, so they are definitely microorganisms
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Question 4

Explain the microorganism yeast

Answer 4

Yeast is also a microscopic fungus. The powdery substance that you sometimes see on the surface of grapes is made up of millions of cells of yeast.