DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Based on observations of mushrooms, early taxonomists determined that fungi are immobile (fungi are not immobile) and they have rigid cell walls that support them. These characteristics were sufficient for early scientists to determine that fungi are not animals and to lump them with plants.

Detailed explanation-2: -All of them share some common characteristics. They are non-motile heterotrophic eukaryotes that possess a cell wall around the cell, which differs from the cell wall of plants because it contains different components (mainly chitin).

Detailed explanation-3: -Fungi do not photosynthesize. Growth is their means of mobility, except for spores (a few of which are flagellated), which may travel through the air or water.

Detailed explanation-4: -What are the similarities between plants and fungi? Both fungi and plants are eukaryotes. They do not show any movement or locomotion. Also, both plants and fungi have membrane-bound nuclei.