Evolution of fungi - Wikipedia
Approximately 66 million years ago, immediately after the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) extinction, there was a dramatic increase in evidence of fungi. Fungi appear to have had the chance to flourish due to the extinction of most plant and animal species, and the resultant fungal bloom has been described as like "a massive compost heap". [38]
Evolution and phylogeny of fungi - Encyclopedia Britannica
3 天之前 · Fungi have ancient origins, with evidence indicating they likely first appeared about one billion years ago, though the fossil record of fungi is scanty. Fungal hyphae evident within the tissues of the oldest plant fossils confirm that fungi are an extremely ancient group.
Fungal evolution and diversity - Nature
2022年7月8日 · 31 July 2023. Fungi represent an ancient and extremely diverse group of eukaryotic organisms, including familiar forms like yeasts, moulds and mushrooms. Recent estimates suggest that around 2.2...
Fungal evolution: major ecological adaptations and ... - PubMed
Herein we survey the main evolutionary and ecological processes that have guided fungal diversity. We will first review the ecology and evolution of the zoosporic lineages and the process of terrestrialization, as one of the major evolutionary transitions in this kingdom.
Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene ...
2006年10月19日 · This analysis provides a robust kingdom-level phylogeny and suggests that there were at least four independent losses of flagella during the early evolution of the Fungi.
Evolution of Fungi - Evolutionary Biology - Oxford Bibliographies
2014年1月13日 · Fungi make up a major clade of eukaryotes that includes yeasts, molds, lichens, and mushrooms. The ancestor of Fungi was probably a flagellated, aquatic unicellular organism, but the group is now dominated by terrestrial, filamentous forms that lack flagella.
Genomic and fossil windows into the secret lives of the most ...
2020年9月9日 · Modern fungi evolved from phagotrophic, aerobic ancestors. Within the eukaryotic tree of life, fungi together with the nucleariid amoebas are the closest relatives of Holozoa 32. Over a...