Dec 13, 2023
Earliest known parasitic fungus discovered in fossilized plant frozen in time 400 million years ago
The oldest disease-causing fungus ever found has been discovered within a museum's fossil collections. Estimated to be 407 million years old, the newfound fungal plant pathogen, named Potteromyces asteroxylicola, is a filamentous fungus — a type of fungi commonly associated with infections. The parasitic fungus was found growing in an...