Fossil fungi date back to the origin and early evolution of plants. What combination of environmental and morphological change is similar in the evolution of both fungi and plants?
A. presence of "coal forests" and change in mode of nutrition
B. periods of drought and presence of filamentous body shape
C. predominance in swamps and presence of cellulose in cell walls
D. colonization of land and loss of flagellated cells

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Tutorconsortium322 Tutorconsortium322 · Answer 1 · 2022-08-29T17:41:53+02:00

Option (D) colonization of land and loss of flagellated cells is correct.

The combination of colonization of land and loss of flagellated cells is similar in the evolution of both fungi and plants.

Most likely, early fungi lived in water. Additionally, they were probably single-celled organisms. Perhaps they subsisted on decomposing materials.

It's possible that the oldest fungi became extinct as early as 600 million years ago.
They were probably flagellated aquatic creatures. Around the same time that plants began to colonize the earth, fungi did the same. Terrestrial fungus fossils are about 400 million years old.

Fungi were widespread starting around 250 million years ago, according to the fossil record. They might have dominated all other life at the period.

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