Old mold: Fossil of world's earliest fungus unearthed in Canada
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - 20:01
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.