Fungi Exhibit Successional Stages in the Decomposition of Organic Matter

Fungi exhibit successional stages in the decomposition of organic matter. In observing the decomposition of a complex substrate you would expect

A) the most competitive fungi to colonise the substrate first.
B) the most competitive fungi to be the fastest growing.
C) the first fungi to appear are usually Ascomycota which use cellulose and simple sugars.
D) the most primitive fungi, such as the Zygomycetes, in the pioneering stages and the most advanced fungi, such as the Basidiomycetes, in the latter stages of succession.
E) that the evolution of fungi is not correlated with competitive ability and succession.