Why a mushroom is not a plant?

Answer 1

it is not a plant because it does not contain chlorophyll or cellulose. It also cannot make its own food. while the plant contains chlorophyll and cellulose and the plants can also make its own food.

Answer 2

because they do not photosynthesize their energy from the sun,instead obtaining it directly to the ground.

Answer 3

genetically, it diverged from plants at a different point in time. Consult a current tree of life to see when fungi diverged differently than animalia and plantae, etc, etc

Answer 4

Because it is a fungus that grows from spawn and not seed

Answer 5

Because it doesn't make its own food.

Answer 6

they are organisms