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    Economic Importance of Fungi

    1. Recycling – They play a major role in recycling the dead and decayed matter.
    2. Food – The mushrooms species which are cultured are edible and are used as food by humans.
    3. Medicines – There are many fungi that are used to produce antibiotics and to control diseases in
    humans and animals. Penicillin antibiotic is derived from a common fungus called Penicillium.
    4. Biocontrol Agents – Fungi are involved in exploiting insects, other small worms and help in
    controlling pests. Spores of fungi are used as a spray on crops.
    5. Food spoilage – Fungi play a major role in recycling organic material and are also responsible for
    major spoilage and economic losses of stored food.

    Economic Importance Fungi (Bionomial nomenclature) Specific Products


    Antibiotics Production Penicillium notatum Penicillin
    Fusidium coccineum Fusidin
    Steroid Aspergillus cortisone
    Vitamins Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Vitamin B-complex, Vitamin
    A and Vitamin B-12
    Alcohol Production • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Wines
    Saccharomyces ellipsoideus Beer
    cheese Penicillium (P. roquiforti and P. Roquefort and Camembert
    camemberti) cheese
    Hallucinogenic Drug: • Psilocybe mexicana Psilocin and Psilocybin
    • Claviceps purpurea LSD (d-lysergic acid
    diethylamide
    plant hormone Gibberella fujikuroi . Gibberellin

    Insecticide Cordyceps melonthae control different types of


    Biopesticide Beauveria bassiana insects

    Disease causing Fungus

    Fungal Disease Causative fungal Organism Disease


    Fungi Causing Plant Diseases • Phytophthora infestans late blight of potato
    Pythium debaryanum diseases
    white rust
    Storage fungi cause rot in Penicillium sp . cause green rot on fruit and
    fruit and food Aspergillus sp . cause black rot in fruit and
    Aspergillus flavus cause green rot in grains etc.
    Fungi Causing Human and Malassezia species causing infections of the skin,
    animals Diseases Trichophyton rubrum hair or nails like

    Fungal Disease Candida Skin infection


    Aspergillus infection Aspergillus Aspergillosis
    Mycotoxins Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus Aflatoxin-producing fungi can
    parasiticus contaminate crops in the field,
    at harvest, and during storage

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