Current classifications assume that chytrids form an early-diverging clade within the kingdom Fungi and imply a single loss of the spore flagellum, leading to the diversification of terrestrial fungi.

Using tiny ‘soil chips’, researchers have observed the forgaging strategies of fungi at a microscopic scale for the first time.

The Last of Us ‘minus the zombie part’: How fungi are becoming supercharged by climate change Pathogenic fungi are fungi that cause disease in humans and other organisms.