10/16/2026
The Veil

Meet D-Rex: Ancient Fungus as Tall as a Traffic Cone Has Just Been Discovered in China

Filed by Elara Myst
Meet D-Rex: Ancient Fungus as Tall as a Traffic Cone Has Just Been Discovered in China
D. rex's fruiting bodies were discovered in the forests of Yunnan Province. (Song et al., Frontiers in Fungal Biology, 2026) It dates back to the demise of the dinosaurs.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
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Meet D-Rex: Ancient Fungus as Tall as a Traffic Cone Has Just Been Discovered in China — The Veil