<P> The evolution of fungi has been going on since fungi diverged from other life around 1.5 billion years ago , ( Wang et al. , 1999 ) with the glomaleans branching from the `` higher fungi '' at ~ 570 million years ago , according to DNA analysis . ( Schüssler et al. , 2001 ; Tehler et al. , 2000 ) Fungi probably colonized the land during the Cambrian , over 500 million years ago , ( Taylor & Osborn , 1996 ) but terrestrial fossils only become uncontroversial and common during the Devonian , 400 million years ago . </P>
<P> The evolution of fungi has been going on since fungi diverged from other life around 1.5 billion years ago , ( Wang et al. , 1999 ) with the glomaleans branching from the `` higher fungi '' at ~ 570 million years ago , according to DNA analysis . ( Schüssler et al. , 2001 ; Tehler et al. , 2000 ) Fungi probably colonized the land during the Cambrian , over 500 million years ago , ( Taylor & Osborn , 1996 ) but terrestrial fossils only become uncontroversial and common during the Devonian , 400 million years ago . </P>
when did the first fungi appear on earth
when did the first fungi appear on earth
around 1.5 billion years ago
around 1.5 billion years ago