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Scientists have confirmed that a 26ft tall, tree-trunk-shaped organism, first discovered in Scotland in 1843, isn't a fungus or plant, but an entirely distinct evolutionary branch of life (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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[–] rollin@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago

I saw a really good rundown of this the other day on YouTube: "Presented by Joe Botting, independent palaeontologist and Honorary Research Fellow at the National Museum Wales":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqT8Q8plKJ8