How is fungi different from other kingdoms?

Fungi are sometimes known as 'non-photosynthetic' plants but that really doesn't differentiate them properly from plants. read more

fungi do not contain chlorophyll, so they can't photosynthesis like plantsfungi grow off dead plants or animals to obtain nutrientsfungi reproduce by. read more

In 1988, scientists on three different continents discovered independently, using rDNA, that the fungi emerged very early from the animal kingdom not from plants as was traditionally assumed. We will look at how the fungi differ from four other kingdoms currently recognized. read more

Fungi lack chloroplasts and are heterotrophic organisms, requiring preformed organic compounds as energy sources. 2. The fungal cell wall is composed of glucans and chitin; while the former compounds are also found in plants and the latter in the exoskeleton of arthropods, fungi are the only organisms that combine these two structural molecules in their cell wall. read more