They are called hyperthermophiles. Fungi Fungi are important in the composting process. Fungi live on leaves and wood in the compost pile. They can also degrade wood, which is made of large, complex molecules called lignins. Wood also contains the long molecules hemicellulose and cellulose, the stuff that paper is made of.
Fungi are the most efficient organisms at breaking down wood.
This fungus is growing on a rotting wood stump. Styrofoam is a type of plastic. It depends on the type of plastic. No microbes are known that can degrade styrofoam. That's why we have no image here.