Now, let’s talk about fungi. Mushrooms, molds, and yeasts? Yep, many are multicellular too. Though yeast is technically single-celled, the rest are full-on cellular communities.
A mushroom you see on your lawn is just the “fruit” of a much larger network of cells underground, called a mycelium. It’s like the internet, but made of fungus.
And let’s not forget penicillium—the mold that gave us penicillin. So next time you see moldy bread, tip your hat. That little multicellular colony might have saved your life once.
