Previously understood similarities that seemed to connect slime molds and fungi are now considered to be

Previously understood similarities that seemed to connect slime molds and fungi are now considered to be examples of convergent evolution

Explanation:

Convergent evolution is an evolutionary process where unrelated monophyletic organisms independently develop or evolve similar characteristic traits due to the need to adapting to similar conditions or ecological or environmental necessity.The slime molds are subsets or part of amoebozoans but have certain morphological features similar to that of fungi, this type of evolutionary behavior is called convergent evolution.Under stressful conditions, slime molds produce and develop spore-generating fruity bodies like fungi, which is a convergent evolutionary change.