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Ancient edition of FUNGI FRIDAY!!! A mushroom preserved in amber?

June 2, 2017 Philip Pinzone

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LatentStyleCount… — A 99-million-year-old Palaeoagaracites antiquus (a,b) found in Burma. From Cai et al. 2017.

A mid-Cretaceous, 99-million-year-old mushroom and even older beetles found in Burmese amber paint a vivid picture of Earth's past.

Beetles that farm fungus might be hiding another mutualism

May 9, 2017 Philip Pinzone

Fungal galleries and ambrosia beetles/larvae. Photo by Jiri Hulcr in this review — Fungal galleries and ambrosia beetles/larvae. Photo by Jiri Hulcr in this review

A group of insects that have been farming longer than us humans may be hiding something..