Ah, those tricky ones! In the old five-kingdom system, viruses and viroids don't fit at all—they're not considered living, so they get left out in the cold. Lichens? They're a beautiful mix of fungus and algae, so they get tucked into the fungi kingdom, though it feels a bit unfair to the algae part! Studying this in my online course, I kept thinking of my neem tree's lichen patches. They're their own perfect, messy partnership, not neatly fitting into any single box, just like my stitching sometimes goes *baaga* outside the lines!
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