This group of mushrooms, fungi, are growing up through the leaf litter on the forest floor. in any food chain, these fungi would be classified as and they get their nutrients by

These mushrooms and other fungi will be classified as decomposers and they will obtain their nutrition by breaking down the body of organisms that have died. These organisms play a vital role in the cycling of nutrients in a food chain, since they convert the macromolecules present in dead organisms into smaller ones and release them back into the environment.