Answer:
may produce seeds - plants only
are heterotrophic - fungi only
may have aseptate hyphae - fungi only
can absorb nutrients from soil - plants only
may have rhizomes - plants only
can photosynthesize - plants only
have cell walls - both plants and fungi
Explanation:
Fungi and plants are two distinct groups of eukaryotic organisms. They possess different structures and characteristics and also have one or few in common. The characteristics in the question will be used to explain which organisms between fungi and plants it belongs to:
- Some plants reproduce sexually by fusion of their gametes. Production of seeds is a unique process that only plants have. Plants are the only organisms that propagate via seeds. Fungi do not produce seeds.
- Heterotrophs are organisms that are incapable of producing their own food, hence, they rely on other organisms for food source. This is a characteristics of fungi only because plants are autotophic organisms and hence can synthesize their own food via the process of photosynthesis.
- Hyphae is a long filamentous structure that collectively forms the mycelium in Fungi. It can be septate (have walls) or aseptate (without walls). It is unique to only Fungi species and plants do not possess this feature.
- Plants absorb water and nutrients from the soil via their roots. Fungi cannot absorb directly from the soil. They absorb from Plant and animal matter around them.
- Rhizomes are horizontal underground stems that forms roots and shoots from its node. It is a feature of some plants like onions, ginger etc. Fungi do not have or produce Rhizomes.
- Photosynthesis is the process whereby food is synthesized using energy from the sun. It is unique to autotrophic organisms like plants, that possess pigments like Chlorophyll which they use to trap light energy from the sun. Fungi is an heterotroph and hence cannot photosynthesize.
- Fungi and plants both have cell walls in their cells. The cell walls of fungi and plants are made up of chitin and cellulose respectively. Hence, cell wall is a feature of both organisms.
