Australian scientists discover oldest fungi on record in ground breaking research

[Cimi]

Fungi, such as mushrooms and moulds, emerged much earlier than previously thought, according to a team of researchers from Western Australia and Sweden.

https://tenplay.com.au/news/national/april-2017/australian-scientists-discover-oldest-fungi-on-record-in-ground-breaking-research

 

Full research paper: "Fungus-like mycelial fossils in 2.4-billion-year-old vesicular basalt" here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0141

 

[Drildo]

Nice one Cimi, cool find!

[Cimi]

Yeah just saw it on reddit. Pretty cool. Fungi are such strange life forms - not technically plant nor animal. Now we know they have been around almost as long as life itself!

[SayN]

alien seed

[-RC-]

^ Panspermia 

[ThunderIdeal]

 

Yeah just saw it on reddit. Pretty cool. Fungi are such strange life forms - not technically plant nor animal. Now we know they have been around almost as long as life itself!

 

"know" could be a bit strong.

[Cimi]

Yeah mycelium is the invisible threads of life which runs through us all...

 

Lol

 

Just like cordyceps they are everywhere...

 

 

Try getting rid of nail fungus and you know what I mean. You are colonised whether you know it or not!

[Cimi]

 

 

"know" could be a bit strong.

Well yeah - that was the whole point of the article.

[Drildo]

lol