The false statement regarding fungi is that lichen is the most ancient group present in fungi.
Lichen is a symbiotic relation between an algae and fungi. Lichen are one of the pioneeer colonoizers of barren land on which there was no previous life present. Thus lichen are the first stage of the process of succession. Lichen form an association with blue green algae so that fungi provide the algae with shelter and in return gets food from algae.
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