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The basic difference is that plants can make their own food through the process of photosynthesis, making them producers. Fungi can not make their own food but must decompose carbon based material for their food, making the consumers.

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What is one similarity between fungi and plants?

Fungi and plants are multicellular.


Why is fungi different fron plants?

Unlike plants fungi are not primary producers. Fungi are heterotrophs, meaning they feed on other life forms.


What are differences between plants and fungi?

fungi eats dead logs, or animals. plants make their own food


What Is a level in the hierarchical classification scheme between kingdom and class that applies to the grouping of plants or fungi?

The level between kingdom and class for plants or fungi is "division" for plants and "phylum" for fungi. This level helps to group organisms based on certain shared characteristics and is used to organize and classify different species within the biological classification system.


In which ways are fungi different from plants?

Some Fungi can be multicellular and others can be unicellular. Their cell walls are chitin and fungi are also heterotrophs. Plants are only multicellular. Their cell walls are of cellulose and plants are autotrophs.


What is the difference between fungi and plantae?

The list of the differences between fungi and plantae is extremely long... * Plants are Photosynthesizers, Fungi are decomposers * Plants and Fungi have completely different cell makeup * Plants come from seeds, Fungi don't The list goes on and on... It seems that the only reason that anyone would even think of classifying them under the same Kingdom name, is that they are both stationary, and cannot go find their own food.


What do plants and fungi have?

Plants and fungi are very different organisms in the world. These two organisms do however share the fact that they always have a cell wall.


Why are fungi in different group to plants?

Fungi and plants are different in several ways. Plants are able to photosynthesize (with a few exceptions), have a cell wall of cellulose, have a MLS flaglellar system with multiple flagella, and have vascular tissue. Fungi are not able to photosynthesize, have a cell wall of chitin, have a single posterior flagellum, and do not have vascular tissue. Fungi are much better at exploring the soil for water and nutrients than plants (which is why most plants have a symbiosis with fungi).


Mycorrhiza form a relationship between fungi and which part of vascular plants?

Mycorrhiza form a relationship between fungi and the roots of vascular plants. This symbiotic relationship helps plants absorb nutrients from the soil and provides the fungi with carbohydrates produced by the plant through photosynthesis.


Most fungi that live among the roots of plants are what to the plants?

Some fungi allow an exchange of nutrients between the plant and fungi such as phosphate and nitrates. The fungi also allows for defense against certain insects and pests.


What is the major difference between fungi and plants?

There are many differences between plants and fungi, however, there are several major differences:Plants obtain nutrients by photosynthesis (carnivorous plants are an exception), but fungi do so both by photosynthesis (though not all fungi photosynthesize) and by decompositionPlants and Fungi have different cell makeupPlants reproduce from seeds, while fungi reproduce from sporesPlants grow significantly larger than fungi (the largest plant in the world is Populous tremuloides, the quaking aspen, which over .4 km2, and weigh 6000 metric tons; the largest fungus in the world is Armillaria solidipes, which would be considered larger, but actually forms colonies)


How are fungi like plants?

Fungi lack chlorophyll which means they can't photosynthesize, and the composition of fungal cell walls are quite different from those of plants.