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Re:Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by... by comboy on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @11:03AM (#35714781)
> unrotted dead plants

That happened with trees because cellulose was new, but I don't think there would be an issue with plants which cells have been around for a long time.

But maybe I'm missing something in which case I'm happy to learn.

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Re:Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by... by astrange on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @08:23PM (#35721710)
I was looking this up yesterday and apparently there's evidence against it.

https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/lack-fungi-did-not-lea...

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Re:Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by... by comboy on Thursday April 27, 2023 @11:40AM (#35729735)
Oh, thank you. Now I'm confused to be honest, I've encountered lignin theory stated as a fact in a few books and I have no basis to tell who's right.

Why does it always have to be "it's complicated".

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