Here it is! The most requested episode topic in the history of the podcast!

Fungi are everywhere. This episode, we explore how fungi work, what makes them different from other organisms, and how they achieve a wide variety of lifestyles all over the world. We’ll also look back at their evolutionary history and fossil record to explore some of the most significant fungal moments of Earth’s past.

Fungi will return…

In the news: dinosaur teeth, pterosaur flight, bit bones, and ancient thylacines.

Time markers:

Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00

News: 00:08:30

Main discussion, Part 1: 00:39:15

Main discussion, Part 2: 01:38:30

Patron question: 02:29:35

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The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org

Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0