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June 2019 PMID 31118507

Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada.

Corentin C Loron, Camille François, Robert H Rainbird, Elizabeth C Turner, Stephan Borensztajn, Emmanuelle J Javaux

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The discussions show a high level of agreement, with posts praising the fossil discovery as a breakthrough, exemplified by phrases like 'Fungi be twice as old as we thought' and 'Newly discovered fossils show fungi colonized land 1 billion years ago.' The tone is enthusiastic and analytical, with some referencing molecular data and fossil morphology, indicating both interest and deep engagement that underscores the potential paradigm-shifting impact of the research.

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Abstract in brief

  • Fossil evidence from Arctic Canada shows that fungi existed over 1 billion years ago, much earlier than previously thought, which helps us understand their role in early ecosystems and land colonization.
  • These microfossils, found in shale, were analyzed using various scientific methods and confirmed to have a fungal affinity, aligning with molecular data on fungal origins.
  • This discovery extends the fossil record of fungi and pushes back the estimated appearance of the broader eukaryotic group Opisthokonta, which includes fungi, animals, and related protists.
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Joey Spatafora
@SpataforaJoey · X

New Proterozoic fungal fossil pushing back the date for fungal fossil to ~1bya. Loron et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1217-0. Morphology looks more zygo than dikarya to me. @OSUAgSci @osubpp https://t.co/Ai04EJHdkG

May 25, 2019 · 41 likes · 14 shares · 1,530 followers View post →
Francis M. Martin
@fmartin1954 · X

Il se pourrait bien que les champignons aient colonisé les continents il y a plus d'un milliard d'années. Si ce résultat étonnant est confirmé, il va falloir régler nos horloges moléculaires "Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada" https://t.co/74Z63bFaui https://t.co/RH6R5BZouX

May 23, 2019 · 20 likes · 9 shares · 9,502 followers View post →
Mateus, especialista em
@mateusdosfungos · X

LORON, Corentin C. et al. Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada. Nature, v. 570, n. 7760, p. 232-235, 2019. https://t.co/ID2QoOIy5X

Apr 1, 2021 · 17 likes · 30,393 followers View post →
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
@TomHoltzPaleo · X

Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada https://t.co/Tj2SqnXNnU

May 22, 2019 · 12 likes · 4 shares · 32,060 followers View post →
Walter P. Pfliegler
@WP_Pfliegler · X

Early #fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada: multicellular organic-walled microfossils preserved in shale of the Grassy Bay Formation (1,010–890 million years ago) have a fungal affinity! https://t.co/T8o0ZW74rS

May 22, 2019 · 7 likes · 4 shares · 700 followers View post →
Ben Schulz
@bnschlz · X

Newly discovered fossils show that fungi had colonised land 1 billion years ago!

May 23, 2019 · 5 likes · 1 share · 3,320 followers View post →

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Mateus, especialista em
@mateusdosfungos · X

LORON, Corentin C. et al. Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada. Nature, v. 570, n. 7760, p. 232-235, 2019. https://t.co/ID2QoOIy5X

Apr 1, 2021 · 17 likes · 30,393 followers View post →
Yan Wang
@funganomics · X

RT @SpataforaJoey: New Proterozoic fungal fossil pushing back the date for fungal fossil to ~1bya. Loron et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-12…

May 4, 2020 · 14 shares · 694 followers View post →
Juan Monroy-Nieto
@mycoJuan · X

RT @SpataforaJoey: New Proterozoic fungal fossil pushing back the date for fungal fossil to ~1bya. Loron et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-12…

May 4, 2020 · 14 shares · 481 followers View post →
papersformax
@papers_for_max · X

Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada. https://t.co/KIxyPf0IZO

Feb 15, 2020 · 28 followers View post →
Plant Bot
@ericcire · X

Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada (TLDR; Fungi be twice as old as we thought) https://t.co/9sGSRfYRpT #science

Nov 30, 2019 · 90 followers View post →
Pooja
@pm_girl · X

#Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada (TLDR; Fungi be twice as old as we thought) https://t.co/QmOGKJibW0 #science

Nov 30, 2019 · 1 like · 1,992 followers View post →
Science news
@UpdateonScience · X

https://t.co/bJllMLvhhI Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada (TLDR; Fungi be twice as old as we thought) #sciencenews https://t.co/5zPtcERqAo

Nov 29, 2019 · 1,877 followers View post →
⚡️YOU SCIENCE ⚡️
@YouScienceLIVE · X

Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada (TLDR; Fungi be twice as old as we thought) via /r/science https://t.co/aK5FBRS6po

Nov 29, 2019 · 1,019 followers View post →
localhostscience
@localhostsci · X

Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada (TLDR; Fungi be twice as old as we thought)

Nov 29, 2019 · 34 followers View post →
Brendan Takahashi (恐竜ブレンダン)
@DinosaurBrendan · X

Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada https://t.co/qD1v8FjuU6

Nov 25, 2019 · 335 followers View post →
UltimApe
@ultimape · X

RT @bnschlz: Newly discovered fossils show that fungi had colonised land 1 billion years ago!

Aug 8, 2019 · 1 share · 6,710 followers View post →
papersformax
@papers_for_max · X

Author Correction: Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada. https://t.co/kDn2tyrUil

Jul 5, 2019 · 28 followers View post →
micropapers
@micro_papers · X

Author Correction: Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada. https://t.co/w79GtGYNcp

Jul 5, 2019 · 331 followers View post →
Ray Peacock (MrPyro)
@MrPyrometer · X

New post on July 3, 2019: Author Correction: Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada Climate https://t.co/KdjOzbXbyH #Nature

Jul 3, 2019 · 2,187 followers View post →
Kim Landsbergen Ph.D.
@treebiology · X

WOW! Early #fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada | Nature https://t.co/c4GeV6VdwV

May 29, 2019 · 2,668 followers View post →
Corvus Experiment
@the_corvus_exp · X

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May 28, 2019 · 436 followers View post →
Elliot Siemon
@sci_tek · X

RT @ferwen: Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada https://t.co/YnEO1Yo82U

May 28, 2019 · 1 share · 751 followers View post →
fernanda castano
@ferwen · X

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May 28, 2019 · 1 like · 1 share · 2,705 followers View post →
Maxym Reva
@MaxymReva · X

RT @SpataforaJoey: New Proterozoic fungal fossil pushing back the date for fungal fossil to ~1bya. Loron et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-12…

May 28, 2019 · 14 shares · 13,620 followers View post →
Ester Gaya
@EsterGaya1 · X

RT @SpataforaJoey: New Proterozoic fungal fossil pushing back the date for fungal fossil to ~1bya. Loron et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-12…

May 26, 2019 · 14 shares · 1,831 followers View post →
RokasLab
@RokasLab · X

RT @SpataforaJoey: New Proterozoic fungal fossil pushing back the date for fungal fossil to ~1bya. Loron et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-12…

May 26, 2019 · 14 shares · 2,721 followers View post →
mykophile
@mykophile · X

RT @SpataforaJoey: New Proterozoic fungal fossil pushing back the date for fungal fossil to ~1bya. Loron et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-12…

May 26, 2019 · 14 shares · 2,862 followers View post →
Jarkko Hantula
@JarkkoHantula · X

RT @SpataforaJoey: New Proterozoic fungal fossil pushing back the date for fungal fossil to ~1bya. Loron et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-12…

May 26, 2019 · 14 shares · 910 followers View post →
Carl Gunnar Fossdal
@BiolNor · X

RT @SpataforaJoey: New Proterozoic fungal fossil pushing back the date for fungal fossil to ~1bya. Loron et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-12…

May 26, 2019 · 14 shares · 555 followers View post →
Francis M. Martin
@fmartin1954 · X

RT @SpataforaJoey: New Proterozoic fungal fossil pushing back the date for fungal fossil to ~1bya. Loron et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-12…

May 26, 2019 · 14 shares · 9,502 followers View post →
Clement Tsui 徐健銘
@km_tsui · X

RT @fonamental: Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada https://t.co/J8BpjHag5o

May 25, 2019 · 1 share · 946 followers View post →
Belle Damodara Shenoy
@bdshenoy · X

RT @SpataforaJoey: New Proterozoic fungal fossil pushing back the date for fungal fossil to ~1bya. Loron et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-12…

May 25, 2019 · 14 shares · 690 followers View post →
Jason Stajich
@hyphaltip · X

RT @SpataforaJoey: New Proterozoic fungal fossil pushing back the date for fungal fossil to ~1bya. Loron et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-12…

May 25, 2019 · 14 shares · 8,602 followers View post →
Botany & Plant Pathology
@osubpp · X

RT @SpataforaJoey: New Proterozoic fungal fossil pushing back the date for fungal fossil to ~1bya. Loron et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-12…

May 25, 2019 · 14 shares · 1,198 followers View post →
Murat Can Kalem
@muratcankalem · X

RT @SpataforaJoey: New Proterozoic fungal fossil pushing back the date for fungal fossil to ~1bya. Loron et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-12…

May 25, 2019 · 14 shares · 342 followers View post →
Joey Spatafora
@SpataforaJoey · X

New Proterozoic fungal fossil pushing back the date for fungal fossil to ~1bya. Loron et al, doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1217-0. Morphology looks more zygo than dikarya to me. @OSUAgSci @osubpp https://t.co/Ai04EJHdkG

May 25, 2019 · 41 likes · 14 shares · 1,530 followers View post →
Javier del Campo
@fonamental · X

Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada https://t.co/J8BpjHag5o

May 25, 2019 · 1 share · 4,354 followers View post →
Ritu
@annarealstories · X

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May 24, 2019 · 125 followers View post →
V.S.P. Sotiras
@ptolemy_soter · X

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May 24, 2019 · 428 followers View post →
Jean-Marc Bonzom
@JMBonzom · X

We can all set our molecular clocks

May 24, 2019 · 1,426 followers View post →
Christophe Jacob
@CJacob_CJ · X

RT @fmartin1954: Il se pourrait bien que les champignons aient colonisé les continents il y a plus d'un milliard d'années. Si ce résultat é…

May 24, 2019 · 9 shares · 25 followers View post →
EDYSAN
@UMR_EDYSAN · X

RT @fmartin1954: Il se pourrait bien que les champignons aient colonisé les continents il y a plus d'un milliard d'années. Si ce résultat é…

May 24, 2019 · 9 shares · 377 followers View post →
micropapers
@micro_papers · X

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May 24, 2019 · 331 followers View post →
Project Astrolabe
@IcarusAstrolabe · X

"Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada" by Corentin C. Loron, Camille François, Robert H. Rainbird, Elizabeth C. Turner, Stephan Borensztajn, and Emmanuelle J. Javaux https://t.co/duLaqS5aOZ

May 23, 2019 · 487 followers View post →
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@quickbutton · X

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May 23, 2019 · 14 followers View post →
Stephen Pimentel
@StephenPiment · X

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May 23, 2019 · 12,789 followers View post →
Jonathan Lenoir
@EkoLogIt · X

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May 23, 2019 · 9 shares · 2,753 followers View post →
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@jl_legras · X

RT @WP_Pfliegler: Early #fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada: multicellular organic-walled microfossils preserved in shale of t…

May 23, 2019 · 4 shares · 451 followers View post →
Nicolas Feau
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RT @fmartin1954: Il se pourrait bien que les champignons aient colonisé les continents il y a plus d'un milliard d'années. Si ce résultat é…

May 23, 2019 · 9 shares · 1,040 followers View post →
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@ElectricBiome · X

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May 23, 2019 · 1,805 followers View post →
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May 23, 2019 · 1 like · 4,817 followers View post →
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May 23, 2019 · 9 shares · 877 followers View post →
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@raghav1vij · X

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May 23, 2019 · 4 shares · 230 followers View post →
Cameron Thrash
@jcamthrash · X

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May 23, 2019 · 1 like · 17,484 followers View post →
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May 23, 2019 · 1 share · 1,858 followers View post →
Christophe Josset
@CJosset · X

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@Cirno091 · X

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@carlyebaines · X

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@kiruria281 · X

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May 23, 2019 · 1 like · 1 share · 1,720 followers View post →
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@Nicolasgerard31 · X

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May 23, 2019 · 9 shares · 5,488 followers View post →
Francis M. Martin
@fmartin1954 · X

Il se pourrait bien que les champignons aient colonisé les continents il y a plus d'un milliard d'années. Si ce résultat étonnant est confirmé, il va falloir régler nos horloges moléculaires "Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada" https://t.co/74Z63bFaui https://t.co/RH6R5BZouX

May 23, 2019 · 20 likes · 9 shares · 9,502 followers View post →
Ben Schulz
@bnschlz · X

Newly discovered fossils show that fungi had colonised land 1 billion years ago!

May 23, 2019 · 5 likes · 1 share · 3,320 followers View post →
ORBi-Publis-ULiège
@ORBiPubsULiege · X

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May 23, 2019 · 571 followers View post →
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May 23, 2019 · 95 followers View post →
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May 22, 2019 · 4 shares · 11,840 followers View post →
Brendan Takahashi (恐竜ブレンダン)
@DinosaurBrendan · X

RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada https://t.co/Tj2SqnXNnU

May 22, 2019 · 4 shares · 335 followers View post →
Tangmo Mopet
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May 22, 2019 · 4 shares · 1,990 followers View post →
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May 22, 2019 · 4 shares · 416 followers View post →
Francis Villatoro
@emulenews · X

Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada. Multicellular organic-walled microfossils preserved in shale of the Grassy Bay Formation (Arctic Canada), which dates to approximately 1,010–890 million years ago, have a fungal affinity. https://t.co/To605yVDmu https://t.co/tpqDbcjP7U

May 22, 2019 · 1 like · 45,132 followers View post →
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
@TomHoltzPaleo · X

Early fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada https://t.co/Tj2SqnXNnU

May 22, 2019 · 12 likes · 4 shares · 32,060 followers View post →
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May 22, 2019 · 1 like · 3,026 followers View post →
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May 22, 2019 · 1,812 followers View post →
Marta Tischer
@MartaTischer · X

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May 22, 2019 · 4 shares · 281 followers View post →
Hung-Ji Tsai
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May 22, 2019 · 4 shares · 1,012 followers View post →
Walter P. Pfliegler
@WP_Pfliegler · X

Early #fungi from the Proterozoic era in Arctic Canada: multicellular organic-walled microfossils preserved in shale of the Grassy Bay Formation (1,010–890 million years ago) have a fungal affinity! https://t.co/T8o0ZW74rS

May 22, 2019 · 7 likes · 4 shares · 700 followers View post →
Tatsuya Nobori
@nobolly · X

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