History Main / FungiArePlants

* ''ComicBook/CourtneyCrumrinAndTheNightThings'': Lampshaded. Courtney is told to gather plants for a spell and chided for including mushrooms in her findings. This also shows her how using magic to get out of actually learning in her classes would still be to her detriment as a witch.

* ShroomyTropes, the fungi-related index, is a sub-index of PlantTropes because of this trope.

* ''VideoGame/FlowerKnightGirl'': The titular knights are all thematically based on flowers (or more generally, plants), with some species of mushrooms (Shiitake and Eryngii) being represented as a Flower Knight.

* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'': Various kinds of mushrooms are among the titular "plants" that players can grow on their lawns. The catch is, they're nocturnal, and are only useful when it's night out (unless you give them a Coffee Bean).

* ''VideoGame/JadeCocoon2'': The Leif genus of beasts consists of [[{{Planimal}} monsters that resemble giant plants]], but also includes three that look like mushrooms: Mash, Mush, and Shroomie.

[[caption-width-right:300:That [[ElementalRockPaperScissors typing]] is ridiculous! What do fairies and mushrooms even have in comm-- [[FairyRing ohhhh]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:That [[ElementalRockPaperScissors typing]] is ridiculous! What do fairies and mushrooms even have in comm-- [[MushroomSamba ohhhh]].]]

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Fungi and plants are actually distinct types of life -- fungi are in fact more closely related to animals, and like them, they lack chlorophyll and rely on absorbing nutrients from the outside world rather than making their own through photosynthesis. However the most immediately striking thing about fungi (to a casual observer) is that they're immobile, grow from the ground, and are part of the vegetable section in supermarkets. As such, they've been treated as part of the botanical world for much of history, and fiction often tends to confuse them with plants as well.

In real life, fungi and plants are entirely distinct types of life -- fungi are in fact more closely related to animals, and like them lack chlorophyll and rely on absorbing nutrients from the outside world rather than making their own through photosynthesis. However, to a casual observer, the most immediately striking thing about fungi is that they're immobile, grow from the ground, are part of the vegetable section in supermarkets, are eaten by vegetarians, and generally seem to act as part of the inactive, background flora rather than the active animal kingdom. As such, they've been treated as part of the botanical world for much of history, and fiction often tends to confuse them with plants as well.

* ShroomyTropes, the fungi-related index, is a subtrope of PlantTropes because of this trope.