Prototaxites was an extinct lineage of multicellular terrestrial eukaryotes
Corentin Loron, Laura M. Cooper, Sean McMahon, Seán F. Jordan, Andrei V. Gromov, Matthew Humpage, Laetitia Pichevin, Hendrik Vondracek, Ruaridh Alexander, Edwin Rodriguez Dzul, Martin Brasier, Alexander J. Hetherington
The paper analyzes the anatomy and molecular composition of Prototaxites to determine its taxonomic classification, concluding it is not a fungus but an extinct terrestrial lineage.
bioRxiv · Mar 14, 2025 · PreprintPaleontology