Some mushrooms can be eaten, while some will poison you. They are often mistaken as a plant. In which kingdom would you place them?

Protista

Fungi

Plantae

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Some mushrooms can be eaten, while some will poison you. They are often mistaken as a plant. In which kingdom would you place them?

Protista

Fungi

Plantae

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Fungi.

Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of fungi. They are heterotrophic (don’t photosynthesize), have cell walls made of chitin (not cellulose), grow as hyphae/mycelium, and reproduce by spores — so they belong in the kingdom Fungi, not Plantae or Protista.

Some mushrooms can be eaten, while some will poison you. They are often mistaken as a plant. In which kingdom would you place them?

Protista

Fungi

Plantae

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Some mushrooms can be eaten, while some will poison you. They are often mistaken as a plant. In which kingdom would you place them? Protista Fungi Plantae

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