From: invalide@invalid.invalid   
      
   https://phys.org/news/2025-09-fungi-stage-life-hundreds-millions.html   
      
   "New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution   
   sheds light on the timelines and pathways of evolution   
   of fungi, finding evidence of their influence on   
   ancient terrestrial ecosystems. The study, led by   
   researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and   
   Technology (OIST) and collaborators, indicates the   
   diversification of fungi hundreds of millions of   
   years before the emergence of land plants."   
      
   Long story short   
      
   "The analysis suggests a common ancestor of living   
   fungi dating to roughly 1.4–0.9 billion years   
   ago—well before land plants. That timing supports   
   a long prelude of fungi–algae interactions that   
   helped set the stage for life on land."   
      
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