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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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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

A what now?

Edit: oh, extinct: (

Maybe its a protists like thing similar to coral? Idk