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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is an ecologicaly important role of fungi?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

If you walk through a forest, you'll often see fungi on dead trees and or branches on the forest floor. Do you have any idea what they might be doing there?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Feeding?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

eating it away

OpenStudy (anonymous):

^right! To add on what calliope said...what do you call organisms that eat up dead organisms?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Decomposers

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yep, you got it :) Fungi play a huge role in decomposition.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

tnx<3

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