Amber fossil
Jun 7 2007, Irani

Compared to the mushroom fossils known, a 20-million-year older mushroom has been found embedded in a 100-million-year-old piece of amber, making it the oldest ever found.

What interests the Oregon scientists, besides the mushroom itself, are the..

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