Why fungi were separated from plants in five- kingdom classification?
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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.
Explanation:
Based on these and other properties, in 1969 Whittaker proposed that fungi become a separate kingdom as a part of a new five-kingdom system of classification. The proposed classification included a vast array of species. Among them, mushrooms, yeast, molds, slime molds, water molds, puffballs and mildews.
These organisms are classified as a kingdom, which is separate from the other eukaryotic life kingdoms of plants and animals. A characteristic that places fungi in a different kingdom from plants, bacteria, and some protists is chitin in their cell walls. ... Fungi do not photosynthesize.
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Once they were classified into the kingdom but now due to its independent natures such as
♦️. Growing out of the soil.
♦️. And due to its hard and rigid cell walls.
♦️. It is now sorted independently in the division of pants and animals.
♦️. Hope it helps