A friend has a misconception that fungi are really “no different from plants except for how they look.” What might you say to help clear up this misconception?

Explanation:

To clear my friend's misconception about plants and fungi, I will use the method by which each specie obtains their food to explain.

Plants are autotrophs that takes up energy from the sun to manufacture their own food. Fungi is mainly a heterotroph that feeds on food that is already manufactured. This is why you have fungi on a piece of stale bread after several days but you can never find a plant growing in such a place.