About 65 million years ago, after dinosaurs died, fungi may have proliferated as forests filled with dead plants left behind by the mass extinction
Fossil evidence from the Denver Basin indicates a significant fungal bloom after the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. This increase in fungal remains coincided with the devastation caused by the asteroid impact. Researchers found high fungal abundance prior to the event as well, related to climatic cooling and volcanic activity. Evidence from…
The Times of India ·