There are many differences between plants and fungi, however, there are several major differences:
- Plants obtain nutrients by photosynthesis (carnivorous plants are an exception), but fungi do so both by photosynthesis (though not all fungi photosynthesize) and by decomposition
- Plants and Fungi have different cell makeup
- Plants reproduce from seeds, while fungi reproduce from spores
- Plants grow significantly larger than fungi (the largest plant in the world is Populous tremuloides, the quaking aspen, which over .4 km2, and weigh 6000 metric tons; the largest fungus in the world is Armillaria solidipes, which would be considered larger, but actually forms colonies)
