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The Fungi
Fungi have a crucial role in decomposing dead organisms and organic wastes and releasing their trapped nutrients back into the environment.
Most plants rely on a partnership with fungi for normal growth, a relationship that may have existed when the first plants took to the land.
Many animals, including humans, use fungi for food. In turn, many fungi take advantage of their hosts when they act as parasites; humans are sometimes the victims of this kind of relationship.