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minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 个月前Didn’t they just lay around until there was a lightning induced forest fire? I mean until the fungus arrived. Nice writeup BTW!
minus-squaresushibowl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 个月前Sort of, yeah. Plant matter with lignins still partially decayed into peat. So it’s not exactly 50 million years of dead trees on top of each other. It’s more like layers and layers of peat, with still “fresh” trees at the top.
Didn’t they just lay around until there was a lightning induced forest fire? I mean until the fungus arrived.
Nice writeup BTW!
Sort of, yeah. Plant matter with lignins still partially decayed into peat. So it’s not exactly 50 million years of dead trees on top of each other. It’s more like layers and layers of peat, with still “fresh” trees at the top.