| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| chytrid | an aquatic or soil fungus |
| chytrids | CHYTRID, an aquatic or soil fungus |
| decomposers | An organism, esp. a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material |
| decomposer | An organism, esp. a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material |
| terrestrial | (of a plant) Growing on land or in the soil; not aquatic or epiphytic |
| interstitial | (of minute animals) Living in the spaces between individual sand grains in the soil or aquatic sediments |
