| Kingdom |
Plantae |
Fungi |
| Cellular organization |
· Multicellular |
· Mostly multicellular
· Some are unicellular (yeasts) |
| Composition of cell wall |
Made of cellulose |
Made of chitin |
| Mode of nutrition |
Autotrophic |
Heterotrophic, absorb nutrients from surroundings |
| Type of reproduction |
Sexual and asexual reproduction through seeds, spores, and other structures |
Asexual (spores) and sexual reproduction (conidia, basidiospores, etc.) |
| Habitat |
Terrestrial and aquatic environments |
Terrestrial, often associated with decaying matter, some aquatic species |
| Structure |
Roots, stems, leaves for structure and support |
Mycelium (mass of hyphae) for structure, often without well-defined tissues |
| Chloroplasts |
Present in most plant cells |
Absent |
| Photosynthetic Pigments |
Chlorophylls a and b |
Absent |
| Storage Products |
Starch and other carbohydrates in plastids |
Glycogen in some fungi, lipids, and other storage compounds |
| Economic Importance |
Food source for humans and animals, oxygen production |
Used in food (mushrooms), fermentation (yeasts) and medicine (penicillin) |
| Examples |
· Trees
· Grasses
· Flowers |
· Mushrooms
· Molds
· Yeasts |
