In 2007, a team led by Stanford geobiologist Kevin Boyce found that carbon isotopes in the fossils resembled those of fungi — ...

Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck together.

Scientists then leaned towards it being a giant fungus, but the classification remained uncertain. A 2007 study even ...

Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...