What is the primary reason that fungi are important in the carbon cycle?
A. Fungi are able to reach incredibly large
sizes, storing carbon while they are alive, and
contributing carbon back to the atmosphere
when they die and decompose.
B. Fungi are able to reach incredibly large
sizes. Their high ratio of surface area to
volume allows them to decompose large
amounts of dead/decaying material, thereby
returning carbon to the atmosphere.
C. Fungi are able to reach incredibly large
sizes. They have a high ratio of surface area
to volume and are able to fix more carbon
through photosynthesis than other plants of
comparable size.
D. Fungi are able to reach incredibly large
sizes. Their high ratio of surface area to
volume allows them to store more carbon (in
the form of sugar) obtained through
mycorrhizal associations than their symbiotic
hosts.
B
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