Protists
Fungus/Plant-like Protists
Fungi
How Fungi Impact Life
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A eukaryote that does not neatly fit into the kingdoms- Fungi, Plantae, or Animalia.
What are protists? 
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These are found where there is moist, decaying organic matter.
What are slime molds?
100
Most organisms in this kingdom are decomposers that promote the decay of once-living matter.
What are Fungi?
100
Fungi can be used to make these foods.
What is cheese, bread, or mushrooms?
100
This is the most obvious example of Club Fungi.
What is a mushroom?
200
Animal-like protists that are heterotrophic and eat other organisms.
What are Protozoans?
200
These are specialized structures that produce spores.
What are fruiting bodies?
200
Digestion that takes place outside of the cell.
What is extracellular digestion?
200
Without the vital service these provide, soil would become unable to support plant life and Earth would become a vast, barren wasteland.
What are decomposers like fungi?
200
This is the most useful imperfect fungi.
What is penicillin?
300
A temporary, footlike extension of a cell, used for locomotion or engulfing food.
What is a pseudopod?
300
A type of mold that generally decomposes dead plants and animals in freshwater environments.
What is water mold?
300
The dry yeast we use to bake goes through this process when mixed with water.
What is fermentation?
300
A close living relationship between organisms of different species, usually with benefits to one or both of them.
What is a symbiotic relationship?
300
We might find zygote fungi on these items in our kitchen.
What is bread, cheese, or meat?
400
When at rest this looks like a blob.
What is an amoeba?
400
Tiny organisms that float in the water.
What are plankton?
400
A thin covering of tissue.
What is a membrane?
400
Dutch elm disease, chestnut blight, and ergot of rye are types of this.
What is fungal disease?
400
This organism feeds on living hosts.
What is a parasite?
500
A reproductive cell with a hard, protective coating.
What is a spore?
500
Produces most of the oxygen on earth.
What is phytoplankton, such as algae?
500
An almost perfect circle of mushrooms.
What is a fairy ring?
500
A painful mouth infection caused by candida.
What is thrush?
500
Green algae is mostly found here.
What is freshwater?