Sublime

Worms The term used for a ‘parasitic worm’ is ‘helminth’, the establishment definition of which is, “any of the various parasitic worms, including the flukes, tapeworms and nematodes.”

Fungi are in between animals and plants. Their cell walls are made of chitin—a substance never found in plants—which makes them more like insects.

Catfish

But goats are generalists: the world is their meadow. Leave them on an island—they will not spend all their energy on refusal and regret but will experiment until they find something new to eat, life sufficient condiment for the scraggliest fare. Put them in a barn with frocks and cigars and political pamphlets and toy blocks and banjos and yo-yos

That makes fungi the largest known living organisms in the world.