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Mushrooms are fungi. Fungi and animals are heterotrophic, which means they rely on getting their food from plants and other organisms.
So why? Well, just because that's how fungi are, and it's the way they always have been. In terms of how they "eat" they're closer to animals, even though they look more like plants.
What else can I help you with?
What has photosynthesis?
All plants that produce their own food, but a mushroom cannot produce their own food.
What is the difference between a grass and flowers?
you are the difference between a flower and grass
Is mushroom a living thing?
Yes it is. Mushrooms are actually a kind of fungus. They grow on organic matters and cannot make their own food like plants.
Can flatworms make their own food?
flatworms cannot make their own food.
What are organisms that cannot make own food called?
Organisms that cannot make their own food are called consumers.
What organism can't make their own food?
Consumers are organisms that cannot make their own food.
Can you eat mushrooms that grow in the grass and get high?
A mushroom is a fungus and grass is not. Grass make their own food but mushrooms don't. There are about 100 different kinds of grass. There are over 5,000 species of mushroom. About 12 species of mushroom are poisonous ones while grass cannot be poisonous. There are many, many, many, more differences but those are the only ones I can think of.
Which bacteria cannot make its own food?
bacteria cannot make its own food because scientists think they arent alive
What are organisms that cannot make their food called?
Organisms that cannot make their own food are called consumers.
Can a insect make its own food?
no an insect cannot make its on food, like parasites it may derive it from any other organism but being a heterotroph, it cannot make its own food
What is a caterpillar if it is an organism that cannot make its own food?
A caterpillar is a consumer, consumers cannot make their own food, so they consume plants or other organisms for food
Can a mushroom digest its food?
no it cant digest its own food
