Which of the following statements about Fungi is CORRECT?
A) Many Zygomycota have lost their sexual stage and reproduce only asexually.
B) The earliest groups of Fungi are the Dikarya.
C) The Microsporidia, which includes mushrooms, evolved regular septa in their hyphae.
D) Morphological similarities between Fungi and red algae demonstrate convergent evolution towards the fungus.
E) Primitive Fungi adopted a diploid rather than a haploid nuclei in their vegetative cells and evolved a unique form of mitosis.
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