2.6 - Define the word "Mycology" 2.7 - Until 1969, when Robert Whittaker proposed a kingdom to include the fungi, taxonomists placed them in the plant kingdom. Explain what could have led to considering fungi as plant-tike. 2.8 - DNA data (molecular phylogenetics) aside, list the characteristics of fungi indicating that fungi are more dosely related to animals than they are to plants..