Fossil Mushroom (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Fossil Mushroom

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The world's oldest fossil mushroom was preserved in limestone, an extraordinarily rare event, researchers say.

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Photo by Jared Thomas/Drawing by Danielle Ruffatto

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