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Blue-stain fungus in wood tissues of Xenoxylon phyllocladoides from the Jurassic of western Liaoning province, China. Image credit: Tian et al., doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwaf160.

160-Million-Year-Old Blue-Stain Fungus Fossils Found in China

Jun 5, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

The discovery of a fossil blue-stain fungus colonizing the insect-infested conifer wood Xenoxylon phyllocladoides in China’s Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation...