What is the kingdom of fungi

The kingdom of fungi is made up of variety of organisms, such as mushrooms, yeast, molds, etc. The organisms in this kingdom live by decomposing and absorbing the organic molecules on which they grow.

The major characteristics of the organisms in the fungi kingdom is that they possess hyphae, which they use for absorption of nutrients.

The organisms in the fungi kingdom are multi cellular eukaryortic and are incapable of producing their own food, that is, they are heterotrophs.

The Fungi kingdom is one of the groups in Classifying organisms