Question

To which category shelf fungi classified?

(a) Producers

(b) Consumers

(c) Decomposers

(d) Insects

This question was addressed to me during an internship interview.

This key question is from Decomposers in portion Ecosystems of Energy Management

Answer 1

The correct answer is (c) Decomposers

The best I can explain: Shelf fungi also called as bracket fungi that forms shelf like sporophores. They grow on trees in a stack. They attack and digest the trunk and branches of a tree. Few shelf fungi can parasitize living trees causing eventual death of the tree.