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A good majority of jelly fungi are edible, though not very tasty. That would give it a similar ecological importance as other edible plants, for instance blackberries. This fact makes it an important part of the food chain for many animals. It also adds nutrients into the soil when its life is over.

Hymenomycetes display the full range of ecological strategies that characterizes the Basidiomycota as a whole. To obtain carbon nutrition, Hymenomycetes decompose dead organic matter or enter into diverse associations (both antagonistic and benign) with plants, animals, and other fungi.

2006-11-29 06:26:28 · answer #1 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0 0

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