Fungus
There's fungus on my pizza!
There's fungus in my bread!
I think I'll eat some candy,
Or have some fruit instead!
Fungi grow like plants,
But have no chlorophyll,
They can't make food from sunlight,
I'm sure they never will!
They break down so much garbage,
They make things decompose,
Return things to the Earth,
Help fertilize what grows!
Those are facts of fungi,
Some good, and some are bad,
A million types of fungi,
Without some we'd be sad...
Now each time I eat a mushroom,
Each time I bake with yeast,
I'll go and thank good fungi,
They're quite a useful beast!
What is Fungus?
Fungi are neither plant nor animal and make up their own kingdom of life. Although fungi often resemble plants, they cannot make their own food through photosynthesis, and must get their nutrients by 'feeding' on other things. Fungi are an important part of the food chain and help return nutrients to the earth as they decompose organisms such as dead trees and animals.
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