Fungi cannot make their own food. They use food that was made by green plants. They get their food from the things on which they grow.
Bread mold takes food from the bread. It uses food that was made by wheat plants. Fruit molds use food that was made by the fruit trees.
Some mushrooms take their food from the soil. They use the plant and animal materials in the soil.
Mushrooms that grow on dead logs get food from the wood. They use food that was made by the tree when it was growing. Mushrooms that grow on a live tree use food that is made by the tree.
Yeast plants do not grow until they are put into some kind of food. When they are added to bread dough and put in a warm place, they grow. They also grow in fruit juice. They use food that was made by green plants.
In one way, fungí are like animals. They depend on green plants for their food.
