Life: The Science of Biology
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The features of Chytrids that indicate that the fungi had an aquatic ancestor.

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Chytrids are the most primitive or “true” fungi. They were earlier classified with protists, but the presence of chitin in their cell wall led to their classification as fungi. Several features of chytrids indicate that they probably the fungi had an aquatic ancestor.

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