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fungi can't make their own food, so they are not considered either an animal or a plant thats why they have their own kingdom.

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How are fungi different from other kingdom?

The following two characteristics are not shared by the other kingdoms:Fungi have cell walls composed of chitin.Fungi are all myco-heterotrophs.


What is fungi characteristics?

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What three characteristics that fungi share with animals?

Both are heterotrophs, the lobster and fungi have the same outer shell.


What are the physical characteristics for the puffball fungi?

It is something where a fungi is produce as an animal that can reproduce over and over again.


What are 5 characteristics of fungi?

eukaryotic, heterotrophic, lack of tissue differentiation, have cell wall of chitin or other polysaccharides, propagate by spores


Why do some scientists classify fungi as plants and other scientists classify them as animals?

Some scientists classify fungi as plants because they share certain characteristics like cell walls and non-motility. Other scientists classify fungi as animals due to their heterotrophic nature, similar to animals, and their ability to store energy as glycogen, like animals do. Ultimately, fungi are placed in their own kingdom, separate from plants and animals, due to their unique characteristics.


What are characteristics of fungi?

They have thread-like bodies, are heterotrophs and decomposers. Fungi are multicellular and eukaryotic. They gain nutrition through absorption.


Does the presence of nuclei in fungi as well as its ability to reproduce asexually distinguish from bacteria?

Those are two of many characteristics that distinguish fungi from bacteria.


An organism in the Kingdom Fungi has which of the following characteristics?

It absorbs organic materials in the environment.


What are the characteristics of fungi from plants?

Green and usually worm like.Sometimes mold like.


Why do algae and fungi have their own kingdoms?

Algae and fungi posses characteristics that make them unique among all the organisms. Algae are different from plants because they perform cell division in a very different way, their reproductive structures are completely nude, while in plants the reproductive structures are covered with a sterile layer of cells. Fungi lack photosynthetic machinery, which differences them from algae, plants and some bacteria. So, fungi and algae posses a wide range of characteristics that are enough to separate them from other kingdoms and have their own.


What are characteristics of a fungi?

they need a food source (hyterotrophs), warmth, and moist conditions to grow in.