Their limited ability to move, growth type, and morphological dissimilarity from animals have been suggested. In the colloquial consciousness, this is the case to this day, when, for example, when compiling simplified lists of protected species, fungi are combined with plants. Also in the educational program, mycology is sometimes included in botany, and the general fungi inhabiting the given environment is called flora or mycobiota.
The separation of fungi from plants was first proposed in 1969 by American botanist and climatologist, Robert Whittaker.
