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Mushrooms stopped coal formation 300 million years ago

Michael Allan McCrae | July 01, 2012 | 8:42 pm Energy Coal 

Scientists may have solved the riddle why so little coal seemed to form after the end of the carboniferous period. Mushrooms may have evolved to allow them to fully break down wood, rather than seeing all the organic matter slip...

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