(单词翻译:单击)
Mushrooms are merely one of many types of fungi.
蘑菇只是众多真菌类型的其中之一 。
Not all fungi grow in soil.
并不是所有的真菌都生长在土壤里面 。
Mushrooms and other fungi do resemble plants in many ways, so much so that scientists long classified fungi plants, but they know better now.
蘑菇和其他的菌类在许多方面类似于植物,由此科学家长期以来将真菌归于植物类,但是现在,科学家们了解到更多的信息 。
Where it truly counts, fungi differ from plants significantly.
真正重要的是,真菌很大程度上不同于植物 。
One major difference lies in how they eat.
最大的在不同之处就在于他们如何吃东西 。
Plants are characterized by their ability to make their own food, using chlorophyll, sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.
植物的特点在于他们使用叶绿素,阳光,水以及二氧化碳为自己制造食物的能力 。
Fungi cannot make their own food. They have to consume other living or once living organisms.
真菌不能为自己制造食物 。他们必须食用活着的或者已经死去的生物 。
Fungi aren't animals either, but for what it's worth, some scientists consider them more akin to animals than plants.
同样,真菌也不是动物,但是从其价值方面考虑,科学家们认为他更接近于动物而不是植物 。
It's even thought that fungi and animals may share a similar single-celled ancestor.
甚至于认为真菌和动物有相似的单细胞类祖先 。
A major defining difference between the two kingdoms, however, is that while fungi do indeed have to consume other material, they don't have stomachs like animals.
最主要的区别在于尽管真菌要食用其他的物质,但是它不像动物一样有胃 。
Fungi have special cells that allow them to absorb their food.
真菌有特殊的细胞帮助他们吸收食物 。