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Scientists have confirmed that a 26ft tall, tree-trunk-shaped organism, first discovered in Scotland in 1843, isn't a fungus or plant, but an entirely distinct evolutionary branch of life (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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[โ€“] solrize@lemmy.ml 67 points 1 day ago (1 children)

These have been studied for quite a while.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototaxites

[โ€“] ripcord@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Thank you for making the one comment with any science value, on a science post. I learned about something new.