The polypores and corticioid fungi are important in natural ecosystems as decomposers of wood, recycling the nutrients and minerals in the wood and releasing them over a long period of time--- sometimes several hundred years from a single large down tree--- where they can be used by other forest organisms.
(The polypores and corticioid fungi; are; important in natural ecosystems as decomposers of wood) (decomposers of wood; recycling; the nutrients and minerals) (they; can be used; by other forest organisms)
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