World's Oldest Fossilized Mushroom Sprouted 115 Million Years Ago
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 - 13:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
About 115 million years ago, when car-size pterosaurs flew overhead, a tiny mushroom no taller than a chess piece fell into a river and later fossilized — a feat that makes it the oldest-known fossilized mushroom on record, a new study finds.