N-gated Hacker NewsMar 28, 2025
🧬🚀 Oh look, Live Science found a "giant, fungus-like organism" and suddenly it's an unsolved mystery of life itself! Who knew? 🤔 Next, they'll probably "discover" that the moon is made of cheese. 🧀🌕
https://www.livescience.com/animals/giant-fungus-like-organism-may-be-a-completely-unknown-branch-of-life #giantfungus #mysteryoflife #sciencehumor #moonmadeofcheese #LiveScience #HackerNews #ngated
Giant, fungus-like organism may be a completely unknown branch of life

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown branch of life, researchers say.

Live Science
Peter RoopnarineSep 30, 2023
HUGE Bohemian truffle aka Deadman's Foot aka Dog Turd puffball growing next to the wee apple treeling. It wasn't there a week ago. Super interesting fungus. I love my wild garden.
http://bayareamushrooms.org/mushroommonth/pisolithus.html
#giantfungus
Pisolithus arrhizus - Bay Area Mycological Society