Following the largest mass extinction in Earth’s history, fungal spores spike in the fossil record. With forests collapsing and ecosystems shattered, fungi surged — digesting the dead, recycling nutrients, resetting the biosphere.
Fungal Survivors of Extinction
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Fungal Survivors of Extinction
~252 MYA (Permian–Triassic boundary)
Massive fungal proliferation after extinction
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At 252 million years ago, the greatest extinction ends the world as known, fungi begin again.
Subject: Fungal Evolution.
The mass extinction at 252 million years ago marks the Permian to Triassic boundary. Fungi are not just participants in ecosystems — they help reset the ground.
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