I didn’t say there wasn’t. My point is that explaining to kids why they can pick a strawberry from the forest floor, but leave the fly agaric where it is, despite being the same color, is hard enough without going into the phylogenetic peculiarities.

Starting with animals (things that can think like you), plants (things that eat light), fungi (underground webs that bloom above ground), and bacteria (very small things that are sort-of alive, and can both be good for you or make you sick), makes things so much easier and is probably all you need to know for a while.