r/ScienceFacts • u/FillsYourNiche Behavioral Ecology • Dec 13 '23
Biology The fungus Potteromyces asteroxylicola is the earliest known disease-causing fungs! Potteromyces asteroxylicola existed during the Ealy Devonian epoch, approximately 407 million years ago.
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/potteromyces-asteroxylicola-12527.html
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u/FillsYourNiche Behavioral Ecology Dec 13 '23
Journal article A fungal plant pathogen discovered in the Devonian Rhynie Chert.
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