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Reading for Learning C

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Can you find a fungus on a mushroom

pizza? Of course you can! A mushroom

is a fungus. It tastes good. A fungus is

Mushroom a small living thing. It has thin cells, like
Fungi on bread
threads. It cannot make its own food.

So, it grows on other living things. Some

fungi are useful. We can make penicillin

with them. It is a drug. It protects us from

harmful bacteria. On the other

hand, other fungi can make

you sick — with athlete’s

foot and food poisoning.

p Athlete’s foot

Tell me about it.

· Can a fungus live alone?
· What does a fungus look like?

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