
Mushrooms: More Animal Than Plant?
When you think of mushrooms, you might naturally categorize them as plants, but the truth is far more intriguing. Mushrooms, along with other fungi, are more closely related to animals than to plants. This surprising fact challenges our traditional ways of classifying life on Earth and opens up a fascinating world of biological complexity. The Fungal Kingdom Fungi, including mushrooms, belong to their own distinct kingdom in the biological classification system, separate from both plants and animals. What sets fungi apart from plants is that they do not perform photosynthesis. Unlike plants, which convert sunlight into energy, fungi obtain their...