Prototaxitis in Podcasts
conceptA genus of ancient, giant, tube-like organisms from the Paleozoic era, possibly fungi or algae.
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Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Before Trees - What Were ‘Prototaxites’?
So it's an organism that has been discovered at the end of the 19th century that have been called Prototaxitis, which is in Latin for primitive yew tree, because at first it was interpreted as a rotten bark with fungi inside.