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by qbxk 441 days ago
> Prototaxites did not contain chitin, a major building block of fungal cell walls and a hallmark of the fungal kingdom. The Prototaxites fossils instead appeared to contain chemicals similar to lignin, which is found in the wood and bark of plants. ... best considered a member of a previously undescribed, entirely extinct group of eukaryotes

So these are the ancestors of Groot? or Ents? and all manner of "animated trees"?

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I am Groot. I am Groot? I am Groot.
Protogroots
Protomolecule.

Allows for Protozombies [as seen on TV]?

It's fine as long as it also allows for warp gates.