Sunday, March 23, 2014

What characteristics distinguish fungi from plants?

Kingdom fungi include organisms that are heterotrophic and
therefore rely on organic matter for nutrition. Fungi are important organisms because
they can carry out nutrient cycling in the soil. Some fungi for example yeast, can carry
out fermentation and their products as a result of this, can be consumed as beer and
wine. Examples of fungi include yeast, bread mold, mildew and mushrooms.  Fungi contain
cell walls made of chitin. The Plantae Kingdom include autotrophic organisms capable of
manufacturing their own organic nutrients(used for food) like glucose from inorganic raw
materials--carbon dioxide and water. This process is known as photosynthesis. Sunlight
is the energy necessary for this chemical reaction to occur and plant cells contain
chlorophyll which is a green pigment able to absorb visible light  for this process to
proceed. The cell walls of plant cells contain the carbohydrate cellulose. Both fungi
and plants contain eukaryotic cells.

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