Why Giant Mushrooms Stopped Ruling The Earth
Before trees even existed, there were massive mushrooms that could be up to 8 meters tall. These were the prototaxites. Their lives and demise remain a mystery to this day.
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CREDITS
Showrunner: Andres Salazar
Host: Tasha The Amazon
Editors: Jason Byrne
DOP: Taylor Moyle
Writer: Lauren Greenwood
Examining the world of plants and fungi.
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Timeline
00:00:Why Giant Mushrooms Stopped Ruling The Earth
00:40:Overview of Prototaxites (Devonian period)
01:35:Land life during the Devonian
02:18:Debate over Prototaxites' classification
04:34:Explanation of carbon absorption in fungi
05:41:Extinction theories of Prototaxites