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Cup fungus (Dasyscyphella nivea) covered in water droplets, beside Zygote fungi (Zygomycota), close up. Hertfordshire, England, UK. November. Focus stacked image.

Fungi evolved their weird and wild shapes in two big bursts

30 August 2022

The vast array of shapes that fungi can take, including colourful mushroom caps and tangles of thread-like moulds, evolved in two big bursts hundreds of millions of years ago

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Fungi evolved their weird and wild shapes in two big bursts

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