Who knows whats the difference between a fungi, a moss and a fern??

if you know it or ever find out, PLEASE tell me.... i'll be really grateful...

Who knows whats the difference between a fungi, a moss and a fern??
There are many differences.

1. a moss and fern are plants, fungi belong in their own kingdom (or it used to be).

2. Fungi do not photosynthesise. They "feed" like bacteria do (extracellular digestion), whereas moss and ferns do (are producers not consumers).

3. Fungi also contain chitin in their cell walls

4. moss and ferns are "primative plants" in that they do not have true leaves and roots.

5. Mosses need moisture and remain small for their entire lives (do not have efficent vascular system(

.6. Ferns are more advanced, in that their vascular tissue allows them to not rely on moisture so much (they can transport water in them).

7. The different life cycles of the plant the (haploid) gametophyte phase is the dominant phase in mosses, while the (diploid) sporophyte phase is dominant in ferns.



I am certain there are more, but I can't remember them
Reply:And don't forget Lichens



Lichens are symbiotic associations of a fungus with a green algae or cyanobacteria. A few lichens are known to contain yellow-green algae or, in one case, a brown alga.



see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen
Reply:A fungi or fungas grows on old food, where water is sitting for a long time and sometimes on the bottom of feet which is called Tinea.

Fungi is mushrooms and toadstools.

Moss grows in damp places on rocks and on trees deer eat it.

A fern is a plant that also grows in damp places.

I hope I have answered your question.
Reply:A fungus is something that has to rely on other things for its nutrition. They cannot photosynthesize. They can be unicellular or multicellular. They do not have a vascular system and everything gets in and out through diffusion. They disseminate by spores.



A moss is capable of photosynthesizing. It does not have a vascular system. Mosses too must get everything through diffusion. They have fairly well developed eggs and sperm. The stage that you see most often is haploid (it is n and forms the eggs and sperm). The sporophyte generation (2n)is short lived.



A fern is a vascular plant. It photosynthesizes and has a vascular system. The major generation is the sporophyte and the gametophyte generation is short lived.
Reply:Fungi (singular fungus) are a kingdom of eukaryotic organisms. They are heterotrophic and digest their food externally, absorbing nutrient molecules into their cells. Yeasts, molds, and mushrooms are examples of fungi. The branch of biology involving the study of fungi is known as mycology.

The organisms of the fungal lineage include mushrooms, rusts, smuts, puffballs, truffles, morels, molds, and yeasts, as well as many less well-known organisms (Alexopoulos et al., 1996). About 70,000 species of fungi have been described; however, some estimates of total numbers suggest that 1.5 million species may exist.





Mosses

Mosses are small, soft plants that are typically 1–10 cm tall, or occasionally more. They commonly grow close together in clumps or mats in damp or shady locations. They do not have flowers or seeds, and their simple leaves cover the thin wiry stems. At certain times mosses produces spore capsules which may appear as beak-like capsules borne aloft on thin stalks.



More than 95% of moss species belong to the Bryopsida. Diversity in this group has been classified into 90 to 110 families and 11 to 16 orders. The Dicranales and Hypnales are the most diverse groups with 13 and 44 families, respectively.



Afern



A fern is any one of a group of about 20,000 species of plants classified in the phylum or division Pteridophyta, also known as Filicophyta. The group is also referred to as polypodiophyta, or polypodiopsida when treated as a subdivision of tracheophyta (vascular plants). The study of ferns is called pteridology; one who studies ferns is called a pteridologist. The term pteridophytes has traditionally been used to describe all seedless vascular plants so is synonymous with "ferns and fern allies". This can be confusing given that the fern phylum Pteridophyta is also sometimes referred to as pteridophytes.

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