The ancestors of fungi are believed to be simple aquatic forms with flagellated spores,
similar to members of the extant phylum Chytridiomycota (chytrids). Current classifications …

The Fungi are an ancient and diverse group of eukaryotic microoganisms. Molecular
experiments suggest that the common ancestor of the fungi lived in the Precambrian. The …

Chytridiomycota (chytrids) is the only phylum of true Fungi that reproduces with motile
spores (zoospores). Chytrids currently are classified into five orders based on habitat …

Most of the described species in kingdom Fungi are contained in two phyla, the Ascomycota
and the Basidiomycota (subkingdom Dikarya). As a result, our understanding of the biology …

Sequence data from slowly evolving macromolecules have been recognized for at least two
decades1 to be of value in reconstructing the ordering and timing of evolutionary events as …

Compared to multicellular fungi and unicellular yeasts, unicellular fungi with free-living
flagellated stages (zoospores) remain poorly known and their phylogenetic position is often …

THE false-truffles (Hymenogastrales) are a group of basidomycetous fungi that produce
underground truffle-like basidiocarps. They are generally believed to be independently …

The motile cells of chytrids were once believed to be relics from the time before the
colonization of land by fungi. However, the majority of chytrids had not been found in marine …

ACCOMPANYING the rise in prominence of environmental issues of one kind or another has
been the recognition that we know less than we thought we knew about the diversity of life …

Fungi are crucial components of modern ecosystems. They may have had an important role
in the colonization of land by eukaryotes, and in the appearance and success of land plants …