Pakati pa mitundu yambiri ya zomera ndi zamoyo padziko lapansi, pali malo ofunika kwambiri bowa, pali mitundu pafupifupi zikwi zana limodzi, ndipo imamera kwenikweni kulikonse. Mwina, kulibe malo otero Padziko Lapansi pomwe bowa sakanapeza zinthu zakukula kwawo. Bowa amamera m’nkhalango ndi m’minda, m’minda ndi m’madambo, m’mapiri ndi m’zipululu, m’nthaka ndi m’madzi.
Munthu anayamba kuchita chidwi ndi bowa kuyambira kalekale. Bowa adagawidwa kukhala chodyedwa, chodyedwa komanso chosadyedwa (cha toadstool), chapoizoni. Pali ngakhale sayansi ya bowa - mycology - koma ngakhale iye sanathe kuyankha funso kwa nthawi yayitali: Kodi bowa amakhala ndi malo ati m'chilengedwe? Ndipo pokha kumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 18 kukhala kwawo kwa mbewu za spore kunakhazikitsidwa. Koma kodi bowa ndi zomera? Zowonadi, mosiyana ndi zomera, iwo alibe chlorophyll, sangathe kuyamwa mpweya woipa kuchokera mumlengalenga pawokha, motero amadya zinthu zopangidwa kale. Kuonjezera apo, mapangidwe a maselo a bowa ambiri amaphatikizapo chitin, chomwe chimawabweretsanso pafupi ndi nyama.
Akatswiri ambiri a sayansi ya zamoyo masiku ano amasiyanitsa bowa ngati mtundu wina wa zomera ndi zinyama. Bowa ndi wofunikira kwambiri m'chilengedwe komanso pazachuma cha anthu.
Bowa ambiri omwe ali pachipewa (pali mitundu pafupifupi 200) amadyedwa ndipo ndi chakudya chamunthu. Bowa akhala akudyedwa pafupifupi m’mbiri yonse ya anthu. Pankhani ya mankhwala awo komanso mapuloteni, bowa ali pafupi ndi nyama kusiyana ndi kubzala zinthu. Ndipo ponena za kuchuluka ndi kapangidwe ka chakudya ndi mchere, iwo akadali pafupi ndi masamba ndi zipatso.
Kufunika kopatsa thanzi kwa bowa kumatsimikiziridwa ndi kupezeka kwa mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya organic ndi mchere wamchere mwa iwo. Bowa ali ndi ma enzymes osiyanasiyana omwe amalimbikitsa kuwonongeka kwa mafuta ndi fiber. Izi zimawonetsa bowa ngati chinthu chofunikira komanso chothandiza pazakudya zatsiku ndi tsiku. Zomwe zili ndi mashuga osiyanasiyana mu bowa zimachulukitsa kwambiri zakudya zawo komanso zimapereka kukoma kokoma kosangalatsa. Bowa alinso ndi mafuta ofunikira, digestibility yawo imakhala yofanana ndi yamafuta anyama. Mafuta ofunikira amapatsa bowa fungo linalake, ndipo utomoni umawapatsa mawonekedwe a ductility (mkaka, russula). Bowa alinso ndi zinthu zambiri zamtengo wapatali.
Bowa watsopano akhoza kusungidwa kwa maola angapo, kotero kuti kukolola m'tsogolo amawuma, mchere, kuzifutsa, zamzitini.