Once this slime mold loses its living environment, it will go into hibernation. Even if it is not given water, it will not die easily. Once in an environment suitable for its life, it will wake up and continue to grow. A fungus in the primitive state in ancient times was called the ancestor of all animals and plants.
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Modern science has found that Ganoderma lucidum is a large myxomycete complex between protozoa and fungi. Its structure is not composed of a single cell, but a polymer composed of bacteria, myxomycetes and fungi. Studies have proved that meat ganoderma lucidum feeds on tiny organisms such as bacteria, yeast and mold spores, and takes cellulose, chitosan and chitin as nutrients. It is rich in protein, nucleic acid, Candida and Geotrichum candidum.
Its cells contain photosynthetic pigments. According to the genealogical analysis of the origin and evolution of life, it should be located between bacteria (algae) plants and protozoa. There are both vegetative bodies and solid human bodies, but unfortunately, after biological evolution reached this level, it stopped evolution because of the limitation of external light. Therefore, biologists call it "blind branch", which is at the fork of life evolution.
To the left, it will develop to the plant kingdom, and to the right, it will develop to the animal kingdom. If it stays still, it will become a fungus like mushroom ganoderma lucidum, which is the fourth life form of non-plants, non-animals and non-fungi in nature. It is the oldest living specimen of paleontology discovered so far, and it is the ancestor of human beings and all animals and plants.
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