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Which phylum are mushrooms classified in?

Mushrooms are classified in the phylum Basidiomycota, which is a diverse group of fungi known for producing mushrooms with a club-shaped structure called a basidium.


Is fungus a flowering or non flowering plant?

No. Mushrooms are "fungi" a whole vast group of organisms which as it happens have more in common with animals than they do with plants.No, mushrooms do not have flowers. Mushrooms are fungi, and fungi are not plants. Fungi are heterotrophic organisms, like us. This means they depend upon other organisms for food. A mushroom is considered a fruiting body because it produces the spores by which the fungus will reproduce and spread. This terminology is a hold over from the days when people thought fungi were plants.


Are mushrooms autotrophic?

Mushrooms are not autotrophs. This is because they do not make their own food. They are actually heterotrophs because they decompose other plants in order to get their food.


Are mushrooms vascular or nonvascular?

Mushrooms are nonvascular. They lack the vascular tissues found in plants for conducting water and nutrients. Instead, mushrooms absorb nutrients from their surroundings through their mycelium network.


Why is a mushroom neither a plant or animal?

Mushrooms are in the kingdom fungi. Fungi are immobile and have cell walls like plants, but do not carry out photosynthesis and so must obtain all energy and nutrients from other sources. Additionally, the cell walls of fungi are made of chitin while those of plants are made of cellulose. Fungal cells can take the form of single-celled yeast or long, multicellular threads called hyphae, such as those that make up mushrooms. Fungal cells will sometimes contain multiple nuclei, a characteristic never found in plants or animals.