Had a lively discussion in FungiKOTO class today comparing https://t.co/lC7hyCyGA5 (fungal POD evolution was part of decline in coal formation) with https://t.co/ukuZr94oZs (no it did not). Conflict is good in science?…or bad? Great discussion. @PalyJen
1,270 followers
48,931 followers
@ESYudkowsky @ilex_ulmus Wood can be harder than plastic but it's readily decomposed by fungi and bacteria. It took fungi millions of years to evolve enzymes to break down the lignin in wood. This is why we have coal and oil that's mostly from 300M yea
1,010 followers
"Mushrooms stopped coal formation 300 million years ago" https://t.co/OxpJCoE7Se and the paper with it: https://t.co/7mVioZGiLD by Floudas et al. 2012. Mind-boggling!
3,231 followers
Kohle ist wohl nicht erneuerbar: Seit Pilze das Enzymbesteck haben, um Holz zu zersetzen (also seit dem Karbon), entsteht keine neue Steinkohle mehr … https://t.co/SRu40AQys4 https://t.co/j1faBGbI7q