Testing to see if part of the organism grows underground would not be useful in determining whether it is a plant or a fungus.
How other tests would help in determining the organism?
Testing it for chloroplasts
- Plant and green algal cells have a structure called a chloroplast, which is where photosynthesis takes place.
- A plastid is a sort of body that is formed like a disk, an oval, or a circle and is used to synthesize and store food.
- Chloroplasts are one type of plastids. The green color of chloroplasts sets them apart from other types of plastids.
- If the given organism shows a positive test for chloroplast then it is a plant otherwise fungus.
Testing to see if it absorbs food from the soil
- Almost the majority of the water and nutrients consumed by terrestrial plants are taken up by their roots from the soil.
- Therefore if the given organism absorbs nutrients from the soil then it is a plant.
Testing it for Chitin
- Most fungi, contain chitin.
- Alpha-chitin makes up the majority of these fungi's cell walls.
- If the given organism shows a positive test for chitin then it is a fungus.
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