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Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Our Planet Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms
Good News Network ^ | Apr 26, 2023 | Andy Corbley

Posted on 04/28/2023 1:03:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: dfwgator

LOL


21 posted on 04/28/2023 3:18:43 PM PDT by Michael.SF. ( Biden-Fetterman in ‘24: It’s a no brainer)
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To: nickcarraway

woody plats which used lignin came into fore about 350 mil
years ago

Reason for vast coal seams dating to that time are that bacteria/fungi could not decompose the lignin allowing the undecayed plant remains to accumulate and then be buried under sediments


22 posted on 04/28/2023 4:10:40 PM PDT by njslim
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To: BenLurkin

Looks like something out of 1960’s children TV show HR PUF ‘N Stuf


23 posted on 04/28/2023 4:12:51 PM PDT by njslim
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To: nickcarraway
A couple of illustrations that show what they looked like:

Sorry, no mushroom caps. Mushrooms as we know them needed another 500 million years to figure out their modern appearance.

24 posted on 04/28/2023 4:23:43 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: “Who determines what false information is?” )
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To: Michael.SF.

Heard about a girl who only dates mushrooms. She’s looking for a fungi! Pah-dump.


25 posted on 04/28/2023 6:41:18 PM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: GaltAdonis

Looks like my backyard!! Bring out the butter.


26 posted on 04/29/2023 2:52:57 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: njslim
"...1960’s children TV show HR PUF ‘N Stuf..."

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I remember that show.
I wasn't a big fan of it, but would watch the tail end of it
waiting for Speed Racer or Ultraman...


27 posted on 04/29/2023 1:08:24 PM PDT by GaltAdonis
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28 posted on 04/29/2023 1:16:38 PM PDT by abb
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To: nickcarraway; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Sounds delicious. Thanks nickcarraway.

29 posted on 04/29/2023 1:28:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpers are Republicans the same way Liz Cheney is a Republican.)
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To: nickcarraway

https://search.brave.com/search?q=attack+of+the+mushroom+people


30 posted on 04/29/2023 1:29:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpers are Republicans the same way Liz Cheney is a Republican.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks for posting.

I ate one of those damn things and got heartburn.

Although I didn’t know I had heartburn for two days.

5.56mm


31 posted on 04/29/2023 1:45:03 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go)
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To: nickcarraway
Giant Groundsels. Not mushrooms like in the article but these still exist.


32 posted on 04/29/2023 1:48:19 PM PDT by Pelham (Joe Biden, Brain of the American Left)
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To: M Kehoe

Imagine how much beef one would need to make enough stroganoff to use just one of these monsters...


33 posted on 04/29/2023 1:50:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpers are Republicans the same way Liz Cheney is a Republican.)
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To: nickcarraway
Thanks, a very interesting organism. Here is a 6 min YT

When Giant Fungi Ruled https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G64DagHuOg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototaxites

34 posted on 04/29/2023 3:15:42 PM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: SunkenCiv

No trees?

No organic matter?

What did the mushrooms eat?....................


35 posted on 05/01/2023 6:17:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

It didn’t say “no organic matter”, it said, “before trees”.


36 posted on 05/01/2023 8:10:02 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpers are Republicans the same way Liz Cheney is a Republican.)
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