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Fungi are evolutionarily closer to animals than to plants.

Why it is true

Genetic analyses show that fungi and animals share a more recent common ancestor than either does with plants. Both store energy as glycogen, and fungal cell walls contain chitin, the same material found in insect exoskeletons.

Source: Nature

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