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Opisthokonts
UNICELLULAR,
FLAGELLATED Nucleariids
ANCESTOR
Chytrids
Fungi
Other fungi
This suggests that fungi and animals evolved from a
common flagellated unicellular ancestor and
multicellularity arose separately in the two groups
The oldest undisputed fossils of fungi are only about
460 million years old
Basidiomycetes
Fungal Classification
Traditionally based on:
◦ Sexual spore-producing
structures
◦ Hyphal characteristics
Molecular evidence
Deuteromycota ≠ Clade
Imperfect Fungi
In past, could not classify
No sexual structures
produced
Molecular data should do
away with this informal
group
Chytridiomycota
Uniseluler
Kitin pada dinding sel
Habitat akuatik (mostly)
Fungi primitif
Senositik
Absortif 🡪 enzim
Reproduksi 🡪 Seksual; Aseksual : zoospore (flagel)
Chytridiomycota
Chytrids
Unicellular to simple
mycelium-forming
Photo Credit of distinctive two-part rhizoid system
of Cladochytrium, 2001, D. J. Patterson and Mark
Farmer @ tolweb.org/Chytridiomycota/20517
Chytrids
Chytrids phylum Chytridiomycota