Fungi survived 5 mass extinctions — and they’re still running the planet 🌍🍄
1. Ordovician-Silurian (~444 Ma)
Freezing seas & falling sea levels wiped out 85% of marine life.
2. Late Devonian (~360 Ma)
Collapsing forests & toxic oceans killed ~75% of species.
3. Permian-Triassic (~252 Ma) — The Great Dying
Massive volcanoes caused 96% of all life to vanish.
4. Triassic-Jurassic (~201 Ma)
Lava flows & climate chaos ended most reptiles & amphibians.
5. Cretaceous-Paleogene (~66 Ma) Asteroid impact + volcanism killed the dinosaurs & 75% of species.
While 90 % of species died in the Permian extinction, fungi thrived by eating the dead forests.
They outlived dinosaurs, ice ages, and everything else. Today they still recycle 90 % of the carbon on Earth.
The ultimate survivors and caretakers.
Drop a 🦖 if fungi just became your new favorite apocalypse survivor.
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