| Description |
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
A kid's guide to the classification of living things |
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Pascoe, Elaine.
Kid's guide to the classification of living things.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Sorting living things -- Fungus kingdom -- Many kinds of mushrooms -- How mushrooms grow: Photo gallery -- Yeasts: Simple fungi: Photo gallery -- Molds: Spoilers -- Lichens: Partners: Photo gallery -- Fungi and decay -- Harmful or helpful?: Photo gallery -- Living and nonliving -- Glossary -- Index -- Web sites. |
| Summary |
Discusses the characteristics of fungi and describes specific members of this class, including mushrooms, molds, and lichens. The diversity of the fungus kingdom is explored and sorted in ways kids can follow in this informative book. Mushrooms, yeasts, and molds all make featured appearances, along with spores, budding, gills, and hyphae. Some fungi can be harmful to other living things. Some provide great help as decomposers. Whatever the case, kids will be enthralled by these weird and wonderful living things. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.1 0.5 63467. |
| Subject |
Fungi -- Juvenile literature.
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Fungi.
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| Added Author |
Kuhn, Dwight, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
0823963136 library binding |
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9780823963133 library binding |
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