Not all fungi, plants or animals may be considered the earliest giants on earth. The tower of column of trunk-like structures ...

Learn about Prototaxites, a bizarre group of prehistoric organisms that fall within an unknown lineage of extinct life.

Researchers studying exquisitely preserved Scottish fossils say Prototaxites represents an entirely extinct eukaryotic lineage - a “new form of life” in the sense that it does not fit into known major ...

What are fungi? Classification and nomenclature -- Where do they come from? -- The culprit, conidium: what does it look like and what does it do? -- Germination and vegetative growth of fungi: why is ...