Th e original sentence is correctly written. Th e giant fungus is described as an interwoven filigree spawned … some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres. Th e present participle extending parallels the past participle spawned. A Correct. Th is sentence has the participles spawned and extending in a correct parallel construction. Spawned refers to something that happened in the past, while extending refers to something that continues into the present.
option A is the answer
"EXTENDING"
Stars and planets, i guess.
Amphibia is the class of vertebrates which is considered to be the first to develop lungs. This allowed amphibians to live successfully on land as terrestrial organisms. Ichthyostega was the first primitive amphibians with nostrils and lungs. Amphibians adopted themselves to live on land with developed lungs.