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———Making a case for the 5 kingdoms——

Kingdoms:
1. Plants
2. Animals
3. Fungi
4. ?
5. ?

For the record, for many years the largest creature on earth in terms of size and biomass was the Humongeous fungus in Michigan.

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The Linnean model came from Thomas Whittaker. In 1969 Whittaker proposed a “five kingdom” system in which three kingdoms were added to the animals and plants: Monera (bacteria), Protista, and Fungi.