World's Oldest Fossilized Mushroom Sprouted 115 Million Years Ago

Thursday, June 8, 2017 - 14:02 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.

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