Is algae a plant or fungi?

Question

Is algae a plant or fungi?

Answer 1

Algae are a subgroup of plants ... so they are indeed plants ... some algae have been moved to the kingdom Protista and in this case it can be said they are not plants ... Kelp is an example of a plant that is also an Algae.

Answer 2

Algae are plants!

Chlamydomonas is a algae and Saccharomyces is a fungi

Lineage:

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Chlorophyta; Chlorophyceae; Chlamydomonadales; Chlamydomonadaceae

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Bro...

Saccharomyces

Lineage:

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Fungi/Metazoa group; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; Saccharomycotina; Saccharomycetes; Saccharomycetales; Saccharomycetaceae

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Bro...

Answer 3

Neither.  They are classified in the kingdom Protista.  If you use a different classification system, they are in multiple groups, not monophyletic like plants, animals, or fungi.

Answer 4

I'm pretty sure it's a plant

But it could be a fungi

Answer 5

It's neither. It has its own kingdom.