Biodegradation by Fungi for Humans and Plants Nutrition

Abstract

Fungi being achlorophyllous depends on other living organisms for their food either being parasite or saprophyte. Saprophytic fungi are good biodegraders. Through their enzymatic batteries, they can degrade any organic substances. Most of the time during the processes of degradation, macrofungi (mushrooms) are occurred as per the climatic conditions prevailing in the particular locations. Micro and macrofungi are considered a good source of human nutrition and medicine since time immemorial. Some of the fungi which are commonly known as mycorrhizae facilitate nutrients to more than 90% of green plants. Fungi play a basic role in plant physiology and help in the biosynthesis of different plant hormones that provides the flexibility of plant to withstand adverse environmental stress, the whole fungi are more friend than foe.

Mycelium-Based Thermal Insulation for Domestic Cooling Footprint Reduction: A Review

“…The substrate functions as a nutritive reservoir of organic matter that sustains the expansion of the mycelial infrastructure. In natural ecosystems, these organic substances commonly originate from the residues of organisms, including plants and animals, and their by-products found within the surroundings [8]. A single cubic inch of soil has the potential to harbor up to 8 miles of mycelial cell networks [9].…”