the funny thing about pseudofungi is, as the name implies, they're *like* fungi (they even used to be considered fungi), but they're not at all related. they're actually closer to plants, which is hilarious because fungi themselves used to be considered plants until they were discovered to not only be their own kingdom but also more closely related to animals! and believe me, pseudofungi and fungi both have hyphae and reproduce using spores, as well as both being saprophytic and/or parasitic (either way osmotrophic nutrition), and it took molecular and phylogenetic studies for pseudofungi to be grouped with other stramenopiles (including some kinds of algae like brown algae). they function almost identically, but they're different on a biochemical, genetic, and ultrastructural level
