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Prototaxites
Prototaxites is a genus of terrestrial fossil fungi dating from the Late Silurian until the Late Devonian periods, approximately 430 to 360 million years ago. Prototaxites formed large trunk-like structures up to 1 metre (3 ft) wide, reaching 8 metres (26 ft) in height, made up of interwoven tubes around 50 micrometres (0.0020 in) in diameter, making it by far the largest land-dwelling organism of its time. Whilst traditionally very difficult to assign to an extant group of organisms, current opinion suggests a fungal placement for the genus. Recent discovery of what are likely algal symbionts would make it a lichen, rather than a fungus in the strict sense. Lichens are classified with the fungal not the algal component, and the main tubular cells of Prototaxites are most like those of the fungal phylum Glomeromycota. This said, its reproductive features indicate a relationship with the Taphrinomycotina fungi.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Prototaxites in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Prototaxites in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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