NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -They obtain nutrients by parasitizing fungi (mycoheterotrophic). We have arrived at our first reason fungi are not plants: fungi lack chloroplasts.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fungal cells also differ from plants in that they lack chlorophyll (the green pigment in most plants), which leads to another difference between fungi and plants; how they get their energy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Animals have no cell walls; fungi have cell walls containing chitin; plants have cell walls containing cellulose. Chloroplasts are absent in both animals and fungi but are present in plants.

Detailed explanation-4: -Differences Between Plant Cells and Fungus Cells The cell wall of a fungus is made up of a three-part matrix of chitin, glucans, and proteins. The cell wall of a plant is usually made of cellulose, hemicelluloses, pectin, agar, and others.

Detailed explanation-5: -Cuscuta is a plant that does not have chlorophyll. Hence, Cuscuta cannot prepare food on its own and depends on other green plants for food. Mushrooms are saprotrophs which depend on dead and decaying organic matter for food.