Select reasons why fungi are no longer classified as plants. a. Fungi do not produce their own food. b. Fungi do not exhibit tissue differentiation. c. Fungi no longer produce flowers. d. Fungi cell walls are composed of chitin.

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Abdullah Mayo

17 January, 23:44

Select reasons why fungi are no longer classified as plants. a. Fungi do not produce their own food. b. Fungi do not exhibit tissue differentiation. c. Fungi no longer produce flowers. d. Fungi cell walls are composed of chitin.

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Vanessa Golden · Answer 1

Answer:a. Fungi do not produce their own food. b. Fungi do not exhibit tissue differentiation. d. Fungi cell walls are composed of chitin.

Explanation:fungi are eukaryotic organisms which do not have chlorophyll, roots, stems and leaves.

plants possess chlorophyll that aids them in the manufacture of their own food. as fungi do not possess chlorophyll, they are saprophyte. saprophyte means they feeds on dead matter, from which they absorb nutrients through their cell membrane and cell wall.

Their cell wall is made up of chitin unlike the cell wall of plant which is made up of cellulose.

Some fungi are Unicellular but the multicellular ones are not differentiated into tissues. they possess individual branching filaments called hyphae, which makes up the main body.

Angiosperms are the flowering plants. Other type of plants like fungi, ferns etc, do not produce flowers for reproduction.