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How do fungi differ from plants? Answer Fungi are heterotrophic organisms but plants are not. Fungi are autotrophic organisms but plants are not. Fungi contain vascular tissues but plants do not. Fungi have cell walls of cellulose but plants have walls of chitin.

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1st option is correct..

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Fungi don't have leaves or roots and are not producers. They don't photosynthesize, and they have cell walls made out of chitin. Plants have cellulose, pectin, and hemicellulose in their cell walls. Thus Fungi don't make their own food and they lack chlorophyll. Most plants are autotrophs, though a few are heterotrophs. Some heterotrophic plants actually rely upon fungi to provide their nutrition via the roots. Fungi are heterotrophic and can function ecologically as saprobes, pathogens, parasites and mutualists (e.g. lichens and mycorrhizas). Many fungi produce thalli (bodies) composed of mycelium made up of hyphae, plants do not.

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