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Fungi are everywhere.
The negative connotation of fungi is partially due to the tremendous amount of human suffering and economic loss caused by crop plant diseases and postharvest rots. However, the vast majority of fungi are beneficial to humans. They decompose organic matter and recycle nutrients. Fungi are utilized by humans to bake bread, brew beer, and produce many industrially and medicinally important compounds. Fungi have a fascinating lifestyle which enables them to grow through their substrate, secreting an enormous array of enzymes to digest their meals outside their bodies.