why is fungi a parasite
Some fungi are specialized parasites of nematodes, rotifers, and other microscopic animals in the soil (Barron 1977). A common nematode predator is Arthrobotrys oligospora, a fungus that has evolved sticky networks of hyphae for trapping nematodes.). Fungi may not be our next of kin, but they are more closely related to animals than they are to plants. We also recognize that organisms traditionally studied as fungi belong to three very different unrelated groups: the true fungi in Kingdom Fungi (Eumycota), the Oomycetes, and the slime molds (Fig. 1).