Mushrooms play look like plants but you're actually fungi what is the similarities and differences between fungi and plants

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Finn King

14 December, 00:15

Mushrooms play look like plants but you're actually fungi what is the similarities and differences between fungi and plants

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Similarities

Both fungi and plants are multicellular organisms with different cells performing various life functions. They are both eukaryotic organisms with membrane bound organelles and having a distint nucleus. Fungi and plants are generally fixed and they do not move from one place to another like animals.

Differences

Plants produce their own food and are called autotrophs while most fungi are heterotrophs that feeds on chemical matter from producers. Plants are producers in the ecosystem while fungi are decomposers. Plants reproduce using seeds while fungi use spores In plants, food produced are stored as starch whereas in fungi, food is stored as glycogen. Examples of plants are orange, mango, banana while mushrooms are fungi. Most plants are generally green in color while fungi are of different colors and are commonly white.