Wondrous fungus: fossils are oldest of any land-dwelling organism
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 20:10
in Paleontology & Archaeology
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At first glance, they do not look like much: tiny fragments of a primordial fungus shorter than a single hair's width. But these fungal remnants possess the unique distinction of being the oldest-known fossils of any land-dwelling organism on Earth.