List major characteristics of fungi, including that they are heterotrophic and use absorptive nutrition, are sessile, usually multicellular, possess a cell wall made of chitin and diffuse bodies made of mycelium
they are heterotrophic and use absorptive nutrition, are sessile, usually multicellular, possess a cell wall made of chitin and diffuse bodies made of mycelium fungi are part of the group Opisthokonta and are closely related to animals