In what ways do people use fungi?

1. In terms of eating, many mushrooms are nutritious and delicious foods, such as auricularia auricula, Pleurotus ostreatus and Flammulina velutipes.

2. Traditional medicine, many fungi are traditional Chinese herbal medicines, such as Ganoderma lucidum, Cordyceps sinensis, Dictyophora and so on.

3. In food processing, yeast is often used to ferment pasta.

4. Drugs, such as penicillin and cyclosporine, are important drugs extracted from fungi.

5. Forestry, some fungi form ectomycorrhiza with trees, which helps to fix nitrogen and plays an important role in the growth and development of trees.

6. Among biological pesticides, some fungi, such as Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, hirsutella, Verticillium lecanii, have pathogenic effects on agricultural pests.

7. Biodegradation, white rot fungi can degrade pesticides, herbicides, fuels and other organic substances.

8. Gardening and landscaping, some prominent fungi are often used in gardening, such as pink ghost pens and scarlet sarcophagus.