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'World's oldest fungus' raises evolution questions

Fungus-like life forms have been found in rocks dating back 2.4 billion years.
The fossils, drilled from rocks that were once beneath the seafloor, resemble living fungi.
Scientists say the discovery could push back the date for the oldest fungi by one to two billion years.
The find suggests that fungi arose not on land but in the deep sea. If not a fungus, the organism could be from an extinct branch of life that has not been described before.
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Powdercap strangler: Rare fungi found in UK garden

A north Worcestershire garden is playing host to a very rare fungus - the bizarre powdercap strangler (Squamanita paradoxa).
The fungus is confined to a handful of sites in the UK, and is equally rare in continental Europe.
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The most massive fruiting body of any fungus yet documented has been discovered growing on the underside of a tree in China.
The fruiting body, which is equivalent to the mushrooms produced by other fungi species, is up to 10m long, 80cm wide and weighs half a tonne.
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Indians discover world's most heat-resistant fungi

In a significant discovery that can be a major breakthrough in biotechnology, Indian mycologists have discovered fungi spores, considered as being able to withstand a temperature of 100-115 degrees Celsius.
Spores are reproductive cells capable of developing into a new individual without fusion with another reproductive cell. The team of fungi researchers found the heat-resistant spores in dead leaves.
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"SpongeBob" mushroom discovered in the forests of Borneo

Professor Dennis Desjardin makes new discoveries in the forests of Borneo and on the Hawaiian Islands, adding to the number of identified species of fungi.

Spongiforma squarepantsii, a new species of mushroom almost as strange as its cartoon namesake.
Its discovery in the forests of Borneo, says San Francisco State University researcher Dennis Desjardin, suggests that even some of the most charismatic characters in the fungal kingdom are yet to be identified.
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Scientists have identified what may be the "missing link" connecting fungi to plants, animals and bacteria.
In the journal Nature, the researchers outline the structures and properties of a primitive type of fungus that they name cryptomycota, or "hidden fungi".
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The evolutionary tree of fungi grows a new branch

When a research team started analysing the genetics of micro-organisms from their university pond, they might have expected to find a couple of new species. Instead, they discovered a group of fungi that could double the size of that biological kingdom
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A tiny mushroom, little known to scientists, is behind some 400 sudden deaths in China, experts say.
For 30 years, during the rainy season, scores of villagers in Yunnan province have died suddenly of cardiac arrest.
Following a five-year investigation, researchers from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Beijing say they have the culprit.
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A rare but life-threatening tropical fungus that causes lung infections in both people and animals has been seen in the Pacific Northwest and could spread, researchers are reporting.
The fungus, known as Cryptococcus gattii (or C. gattii), has infected dozens of humans and animals--including cats, dogs, and dolphins--in Washington and Oregon in the past five years.
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A University researcher is set to take part in an innovative living monument.
Martha Crockatt, a research associate in the School of Biosciences, is lining up to take her turn on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of sculptor Antony Gormleys latest art project.
The One and Other project will see a different person standing on the plinth every hour for 24 hours a day over 100 days. Participants can choose how they want to spend their time on the plinth.
For her allocated slot, between 3 and 4am on Sunday 12 July, Martha plans to wear a mushroom costume to raise awareness of the importance of fungi.

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