!Ranforest Fungi! Tropical Rainforest , Far North Queensland Australia

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!Ranforest Fungi! Tropical Rainforest , Far North Queensland Australia
by John Chambers

Fungi Information
Feeding
* They do not photosynthesise, but have an external digestion method.
* Fungi are heterotrophic (they do not produce their own energy like plants) and obtain energy from complex food, like dead or living plants and animal tissue.
* In the rainforest, several types of fungi may be seen sprouting from a single log. It is quite hard to believe that when a few tiny fungi are seen sprouting from a huge log, they are actually digesting it. It is a contest that appears unequal, but in the end, the fungi will always prevail. They have recycled for hundreds of millions of years.

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