Why are fungi not able to carry out photosynthesis?

Answer 1

In order to photosynthesis a plant needs a substance called chlorophyll, which helps produce sugars from sunlight (as a catalyst) water and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Chlorophyll is a vivid green in colour and is present in the cells of all plants giving plants their green colour. Although growing in the ground like a plant, mushrooms are not ppart of the plant kingdom, but are in a separate group called fungi which includes mushrooms, toadstools, moulds and yeasts. As fungi are not green, but usually a white or grey colour, they do not contain chlorophyll, and so they cannot photosynthesise as they don't have this substance necessary for photosynthesis. Instead, mushrooms and other fungi have to get their nutrients from dead and decaying plants which is why you often see fungus growing on dead wood in forests.

Answer 2

In order to perform photosynthesis, an organism needs chlorophyll. For eukaryotic organisms, chlorophyll is located within plastids, commonly referred to as chloroplasts. Fungi lack both chlorophyll and chloroplasts, which makes them unable to undergo photosynthesis.

Answer 3

because it does not contain chloroplasts cholous or chlorophyll.

Answer 4

Fungi are NOT plants therefore they do not need sunlight because they get all nutrition from the organism they are feeding off. Fungi also don't have chlorophyll (key to photosynthesis.

Answer 5

Because they do not contain Chlorophyll.

Answer 6

Mushrooms are fungae. the fungi don't posess chlorophyll. hence they can't perform photosynthesis

Answer 7

Fungi are not animals or plants