Answer to Question #350559 in Genetics for NCCN

Question

Create a dichotomous key (linear key or spider key) to classify a mushroom (fungi), germanium (flowering plant), and moss (non-vascular plant) based on your knowledge of the differences and similarities between plants and fungi.

Answer 1

Considering that fungi and plants belong to two different kingdoms of wildlife, and also that plants are vascular (which include flowering plants) and non-vascular, we can compose such a dichotomous key: