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Two Billion Years of Fungal Evolution: How Symbiosis Shaped Earth's Most Diverse Kingdom

Two Billion Years of Fungal Evolution: How Symbiosis Shaped Earth's Most Diverse Kingdom

Two Billion Years of Fungal Evolution: How Symbiosis Shaped Earth's Most Diverse Kingdom

Fungi emerged approximately 2.4 billion years ago in primeval seas, likely colonising land before plants around one billion years ago

Jan 28

Microscope images of the fossils show the bush-like structure of the fungus’s arbuscules and the web of hyphae connecting them

Microscope images of the fossils show the bush-like structure of the fungus’s arbuscules and the web of hyphae connecting them

Discovery of Fossilised Fungal Species Sheds Light on Plants’ First Steps onto Land

Advanced microscopy techniques have identified a new fungal species, Rugososporomyces lavoisierae, embedded within a 407-million-year-old plant.

Nov 25, 2025

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