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Economic Importance of Fungi

Beneficial	Harmful
Some fungi (mushrooms, truffles) are edible.	Fungi can cause plant and animal diseases e.g. potato mosaic fungus, ringworm.
Yeast produces beer and wine in the brewing industry. It produces bread in the baking industry.	Fungi causes decay of crops (potato blight), timber (dry rot) and food (Rhizopus).
Mould is used in the production of some cheeses e.g. blue cheese.

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