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How are fungi important as food?
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Solution
Fungi are cooked like vegetables or used in pulao or prepared as soups. Some common edible fungi are Agaricus, Ramaria, Clavaria, Morchella. Also yeast is used in preparing idli and dosa from a mixture of powdered rice and dal.
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