Old mold: Fossil of world's earliest fungus unearthed in Canada
Monday, May 27, 2019 - 21:08
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Microfossils of a globular spore connected to a T-shaped filament excavated in an Arctic region of northwestern Canada represent the oldest-known fungus, a discovery that sheds light on the origins of an important branch in Earth's tree of life.