In gilled mushrooms, gills are used to maximize spore production. Gills of some mushrooms are folded and crowded to obtain maximum spore production. Other gills, spread towards the outer cap which gives way to new gill growth in between gills which is called partial gill. Some of the mushrooms grow gills in layers too.
In simple terms, there are 4 categories of protists in basic biology characterized by their type of locomotion.
Locomotion by pseudopods or "false feet" is characteristic of ameobas (i.e. <em>Entamoeba histolytica</em>). Locomotion by papillary projections from the cell membrane called "cilia" is characteristic of <em>Paramecium </em>species. Locomotion by whip-like structures that propel the organism called "flagella" is characteristic of <em>Euglena </em>species.
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Lastly, protists that do not have locomotive organelles are exemplified by <em>Plasmodium </em>species, the etiologic agent of malaria.
