Chanterelle Look-Alike Rewriting Evolutionary History?

This beautiful little mushroom isn't a mushroom at all.  It is Dendrogramma enigmaticaI, a newly named organism from the deep seas near Australia and it may be rewriting evolutionary history.

Found in 1986 but only recently named, this deep sea organism can't be classed in known animal groups.  It's relatives could have roamed the seas 540 million years ago.  Now, biologists are scratching their heads over the little guy and wondering what it can tell us about evolutionary history.

For more information visit:  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140903-evolution-animal-dendrogramma-mushroom-species-ocean/?google_editors_picks=true

Thank you Richard Rammer for this news post from National Geographic!