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MODE:
When
Stuff Happened
Opisthokonts: True Posterior Flagellum
Fungal Evolution
~1.15 Billion Years Ago (+/- 50 million)
12 unique amino acids + glycogen energy storage + True Posterior Flagellum
Fungi
Timeline
Hyphae break rock
Fungal Evolution
~480 MYA (+/- 20 million)
Filamentous growth (hyphae); terrestrial colonization
Fungi
Timeline
Prokaryotic Life
Evolution
3.73 Billion Years Ago (after LUCA)
Membrane and metabolic diversity.
Fungi
Timeline
Fungal Giants of the Devonian
Fungal Evolution
~420 MYA (+/- 20 million)
Large upright fungal structures (e.g., Prototaxites)
Fungi
Timeline
First True Fungi: Chytrids (and living fossils)
Fungi Evolution
~600 Million years ago (+/- 20 million)
Sperm-like reproduction to spread seed to new soil.
Fungi
Timeline
Fungi Ancestors Split Off: (aquatic Holomycota)
Fungi Evolution
~950 Million Years Ago (+/- 50 million)
External digestion + chitin cell walls
Fungi
Timeline
Touch: Life Learns to Feel Force
- Touch evolved long before brains.
Evolution
~3.72 Billion Years Ago (after prokaryotes)
Mechanical sensitivity to pressure and membrane stretch
Fungi
Timeline
Bacterial Endosymbiosis: Origin of Eukaryotes
Evolution
~2.4 Billion years ago (+/- 100 million)
Bacteria are added to eukaryote ancestor cells
Fungi
Timeline
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