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Is moss a fungi?

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No. Mosses are simple plants. The green color of their tiny leaves is from chlorophyll, which no fungi have. Mosses lack the vascular tissue that carries water up from the roots to the leaves in most plants. read more

Fungi are more closely related to the animal kingdom than to plants. Spanish moss is not a moss but a bromeliad, related to pineapples. Lichens are relationships between various algae species and one or more fungus species. read more

There are more then 15,000 different 'varieties' of 'moss' and moss in general. But I will assume you mean one type and will address it, and I think it is"Leucobryum". (Just because it produces 'spores' does not automatically mean it is a fungus. read more

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