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Name Vocabulary decomposer a living thing that breaks down dead or decaying things for food Decomposers are nature’s “recyclers.” They break down dead things so that the matter in them can be used again. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All Rights Reserved. fungus a kind of decomposer Fungi have many cells. Bacteria are decomposers, too. But bacteria have only one cell. mold a kind of fungus Other kinds of fungi are mushrooms and yeast. Date STUDENT RESOURCE PAGE 5.1 INFORMATION SHEET photosynthesis a chemical reaction in plants that makes food for the plant Molds cannot carry out photosynthesis. They do not have chlorophyll like plants do. spore made by molds when they reproduce Spores grow into new molds. spore case the part of a mold that produces spores A spore case can produce millions of spores. LIFE CYCLES • SECTION 5 GROWING MOLD