"Bfogg's 2012 Spring Fungi and Random Picture Gallery. (Update7-23-12. Alpine Lakes Wilderness) - Mushroom Hunting and Identification - Shroomery Message Board."Bfogg's 2012 Spring Fungi and Random Picture Gallery- Mushroom Hunting and Identification - Shroomery Message Board. N.p., 17 July 2012. Web. 06 Sept. 2012. <http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/16226647> This picture is a picture of the Amanita Pantherina which is of the kingdom fungi.
"Latest News." Health Officials: Lake-Living Amoeba Suspected In Child's Death « CBS Minnesota. N.p., 7 Aug. 2012. Web. 06 Sept. 2012. <http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/08/07/health-officials-lake-living-amoeba-suspected-in-childs-death/>.
This internet article above is an article of Naegleria fowleri which is a type of amoeba. The amoeba was responsible for the death of a 9 year old boy in Minnesota, a few days after he swam in Lily lake. These types of amoebas can be found in lakes in all across the country, including Massachusetts. The amoeba has a type of meningitis which killed the boy. There was only 40 death in last from 2001-2011 from this type of disease. Amoebas are types of organisms in the kingdom Protista.
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