Tag: Fungi

One billion year old fungi is found to be earth’s oldest

Recently,Scientists have discovered the Oldest-known fossils of a fungus named Ourasphaira giraldae in an Arctic region of northwestern Canada. The ancient fungus is the ancestor of today’s mushrooms, yeasts and molds and lived in at the mouth of a river mouth of a river between 890 million and 1.1 billion years ago. The microscopic fossils… Continue reading One billion year old fungi is found to be earth’s oldest