Giant Prehistoric Mushroom Discovered

Giant Prehistoric Mushroom Discovered

Here at Kingdom Aquaponics, we love fungi (especially mycorrhizal fungi), and we understand the importance of how precious it is to our soils and the earth as a whole. In fact, you will be reading about the importance of what is in the soil beneath our feet often in our posts, and how we integrate into our organic fertilizers.  Fungi has been around a very long time, millions of years, in fact. Without fungi, we have no plants, and without plants, of course, no oxygen. 

So, when we came across the article about a prehistoric mushroom fossil discovered in Saudia Arabia, we got excited. Apparently, trees only stood a few feet high 420 to 350 million years ago, and giant spires, or, fungi, ruled the earth. In the beginning, there was much confusion as to what exactly this huge 20-foot-tall fossil was since it was hard to imagine a lichen, or a fungi that tall.  In 2007, a study came out that concluded it was, indeed, a fungus. Even still, researchers are still trying to dispute the idea of this fossil being a fungus. 

Even so, we know that fungi is an important part of our eco-system, and we are proud to announce that we have a whole suite of fungi in our organic fertilizers that help detoxify contaminated soils. We customize it so that your soils are as healthy as can be. Even though our fungi is not 20-foot-tall, we can assure you our fungi works hard to clean up soils and make them healthy again.

For more information on the prehistoric mushroom article, visit: http://www.livescience.com/1461-prehistoric-mystery-organism-humongous-fungus.html