Old mold: Fossil of world's earliest fungus unearthed in Canada

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - 19:01 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.

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