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Slime and seaweed
In summer, ponds sometimes fill with
green slime. This is made up of tiny
algae —very simple plants that have no
flowers. There are thousands of kinds
of algae, including seaweed, and the
green “dust” that covers tree trunks.

Some lichens
are brightly
Slow, but sure colored.
Look carefully at rocks, walls, and
tree trunks for lichens. They look
like flat patches that have been
stuck on. They grow very slowly,
but live for a long time. Lichens
are only half plant, since they are
a mix of fungus and alga.
The frilly “gills”

A lichen expands of a toadstool drop
outward as it grows. spores into the air.

Wet and dry
Mosses are small plants that
usually live in damp places. Some
live on walls and rooftops, where
it can get very dry. ln hot weather,
they turn gray and hard. When it
rains, they turn green and start Mushrooms and toadstools
growing again. Most fungi feed on the remains of
other living things. A mushroom or a
toadstool is just the part of a fungus
that makes spores. The rest of the
fungus is hidden away. Although
fungi look like plants, they aren’t.

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