Truffles prized by gourmets are underground ascocarps of mycelia that are mycorrhizal on tree roots. Since it is difficult for novices to distinguish between poisonous and edible mushrooms, only qualified experts at identification should collect wild mushrooms for eating. Fungi and animals probably evolved from a common protistan ancestor The Chytridiomycota and Fungi may share a protistan ancestor. Chytrids were placed in the Kingdom Protista because they form flagellated zoospores and gametes - a protistan characteristic. Cell walls of chitin.
Most form hyphae.
Similar sequences of proteins and nucleic acids.