BREAKING: Scientists just discovered a brand-new 407-million-year-old fungus species that was already teaming up with plants — the underground network is even older than we thought 🌍🍄
Deep inside the Rhynie chert fossils (Scotland), researchers have identified a completely new species of ancient fungus:
Rugososporomyces lavoisierae.
This tiny but mighty fungus lived 407 million years ago, when the very first land plants were still tiny and struggling. Instead of competing, it formed one of the earliest known symbiotic partnerships — living inside plant cells and helping them pull nutrients from the barren soil.
This is the oldest direct evidence ever found of fungi and plants working together as a team. It proves the mycelial network was already building the Wood Wide Web before most plants had even evolved proper roots.
The underground network didn’t just arrive on land… it helped life conquer land.
Drop a 🌱 if this just made the mycelium feel like the original pioneer of the entire planet. What’s the oldest fungal connection you’ve ever felt in the forest? The network is listening 👇
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