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Friday, February 5, 2021

A Fungus Among Us

Icy Earth   (Artistic Image by Ittiz) 
About 750 million years ago, Earth was allegedly one heck of a snowball.  How then did our planet transform from a round mound of ice to a diverse ecosystem?

If you’ve ever enjoyed a day at the beach, you might want to thank a fungus.  Scientists are thinking that this hunble entity might have played a significant role in Earth’s makeover.

Fossilized remains have been found within a South China cave.  Telltale filaments preserved in the rock show that land fungus was doing its thing as long as 635 million years ago.

Resources

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/635-million-year-old-fossil-is-the-oldest-known-land-fungus/ar-BB1dg148

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