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Before trees took over the earth…

Before trees took over the earth the land was covered with Prototaxites, a fungus that became extinct more than 350 million years ago and is believed to have reached almost 9m high and 1.37m in diameter. Source

WTF Fun Fact 12664 – Mushrooms Talk To One Another

Mushrooms have a “vocabulary” of 50 “words.” Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 12664 – Mushrooms Talk To One Another appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source

Mushrooms talk to each other…

Mushrooms talk to each other, with patterns that closely resembles human speech. The post Mushrooms talk to each other… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source

A species of mushroom that grows in the…

A species of mushroom that grows in the northern hemisphere can get people high, but some other chemicals in the mushroom also make you very ill. However if a reindeer eats the mushrooms, the illness producing toxins are filtered out but the hallucinogen survives in the reindeer urine. It’s called Amanita Muscaria, aka Fly Agaric… Read More »