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MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I thought fungi was relatively new - which is why we have coal?

I am very happy to be corrected

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floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Fungi are older than literal roots. The first land plants relied on them for nutrient exchange before evolving a radical system. My mind was blown away during a presentation by Dr. Toby Kiers about the latest research on mycorrhizal networks. They directly imaged nutrients moving both ways through those narrow filaments, through unknown mechanisms. www.spun.earth/networks/mycorrhizal-fungi

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- Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Radiolab Episode from Tree to Shining Tree (air date 7/30/2016) is a really fun episode about mushroom networks.
  
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TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Fungi are much older. Source

Plants are older than thought: 500 million years old. Source

The earliest fungi started to develop 1.5 billion years ago, with other types 635 to 400 million years ago. Source

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