Question

why are fungi not placed either with animal or with plants in five kingdom classification?why?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The fungi (singular, fungus) once were considered to be plants because they grow out of the soil and have rigid cell walls. Now they are placed independently in their own kingdom of equal rank with the animals and plants and, in fact, are more closely related to animals than to plants. Like the animals, they have chitin in their cell walls and store reserve food as glycogen. (Chitin is the polysaccharide that gives hardness to the external skeletons of lobsters and insects.) They lack chlorophyll and are heterotrophic. Familiar representatives include the edible mushrooms, molds, mildews, yeasts, and the plant pathogens, smuts and rusts.

Answer 2

Answer:

• Fungi not placed either with animal or with plants in five kingdom classification because they emerge from the soil and have stiff cell walls, fungi were traditionally regarded as plants.
• They are currently ranked equally with animals and plants in their own kingdom and, in fact, have a closer relationship with animals than plants.

Explanation:

• Early taxonomists concluded that fungi are immobile (fungi are not immobile) and have stiff cell walls that support them based on observations of mushrooms.
• Early scientists relied on these features to conclude that fungus are not animals and group them with plants.
• For instance, chitin, not cellulose, is used to make the cell walls of fungi.
• Additionally, plants produce their own nourishment, whereas fungus consume nutrients from other living things.
• These are just a handful of the factors that led to the creation of the kingdom of fungus.

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