-fungi are heterotrophic( “other feeding,” must feed on preformed organic material), not autotrophic ( “selffeeding,” make their own food by photosynthesis).
-Unlike animals (also heterotrophic), which ingestthen digest, fungi digest then ingest.
-Fungi produce exoenzymesto accomplish this
-Most fungi store their food as glycogen(like animals).Plants store food as starch.
-All fungi require water and oxygen (no obligate anaerobes).
-Fungi grow in almost every habitat imaginable, as long as there is some type of organic matter present and the environment isnot too extreme.