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Teaching Fungi and human disease

Fungi and human disease

Fungi cause three different types of human illness: poisonings, parasitic infections, and allergies. Many poisonous mushrooms are eaten by mistake because they look like edible mushrooms.

CK-12 (High School)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Although humans benefit from fungi in many ways, how does contact with some fungi cause us harm?
STANDARDS:
RST.2 - Main Ideas

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2
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