Giant Prehistoric Fungus Discovered

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"For nearly a century and a half, scientists have debated the fossilized remains of an organism originally believed to have been an ancient evergreen and since suggested to have been an oversize alga, fungus or lichen. Now a team has concluded that the bizarre life form, which was the largest known organism on land in its day, was in fact a humongous fungus."

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