Prototaxites formed long structures like tree tights, shown in this depiction of a landscape from the Silurian period
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A bizarre ancient organism was previously considered a huge fungus, in fact an unseen branch of the tree of life could be related to the mysterious manner.
Prototaxites, Which lived 420 million to 375 million years ago, the first huge terrestrial life to live on Earth. This trunk -like structures became 8 meters long and 1 meter wide.
Its fossils were first …
