<P> In above ground food webs , energy moves from producers ( plants ) to primary consumers ( herbivores ) and then to secondary consumers ( predators ) . The phrase , trophic level , refers to the different levels or steps in the energy pathway . In other words , the producers , consumers , and decomposers are the main trophic levels . This chain of energy transferring from one species to another can continue several more times , but eventually ends . At the end of the food chain , decomposers such as bacteria and fungi break down dead plant and animal material into simple nutrients . </P>
where does fungi go on a food web
the end