Before trees even existed, there were massive mushrooms that could be up to 8 meters tall. These were the prototaxites. Their lives and demise remain a mystery to this day. Become an Animalogic member: Animalogic Membership Get Animalogic Merch: Animalogic Merch Support Animalogic on Patreon: Patreon Subscribe for new episodes on Fridays: Subscribe SOCIAL MEDIA TikTokInstagramTwitterFacebookCheck out Tasha The Amazon's Channel: YouTube CREDITS Showrunner: Andres Salazar Host: Tasha The Amazon Editors: Jason Byrne DOP: Taylor Moyle Writer: Lauren Greenwood Examining the world of plants and fungi. 00:00:00: Why Giant Mushrooms Stopped Ruling The Earth00:00:40: Overview of Prototaxites (Devonian period)00:01:35: Land life during the Devonian00:02:18: Debate over Prototaxites' classification00:04:34: Explanation of carbon absorption in fungi00:05:41: Extinction theories of Prototaxites #prototaxites #giantmushrooms #Devonianperiod #fungi #extinctiontheories #plantlife See show notes: https://inlet.fm/animalogic/episodes/67d886a41b8b3c3b242a389c Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices