It would be more interesting if it was noisily feasting on radiation
What…was it raised in a barn? People who chew with their mouths open deserve a special place in hell.
Actually it was raised in the Chernobyl exclusion zone so I think we can make an exception
You dont know if your tinnitus is getting worse or theres radiation fungus around
can we stop using the word quietly!? I am so quietly sick of hearing the word quietly in every god damn sentence I see
I am SLAMMED that your are quietly sick of hearing quietly.
I am silent screaming at your quiet comment that SLAMMED me.
Could you type this a bit quieter?
Upvoted quietly cause cat.
Sorry, but the fungus has been burping and slurping on radiation.
Quietly? Do fungi typically feast loudly?
They didn’t announce their feast on social media.
Nom nom nom nom
I wonder if theres a possibility to line a spaceship haul with this stuff to protect from cosmic radiation.
It’s an interesting thought, but according to the article, it’s not even clear that the fungus is absorbing radiation or befitting from radiation. Actual photosynthesis-via-radiation hasn’t been demonstrated; it might simply be taking advantage of the absence of other species due to high radiation, or the radiation is triggering a stress response.
Beyond that, I’m not sure this fungus would have a better protection-per-ton rating than, say, water (which is an astoundingly good radiation shield). But, it might point us towards ways of developing plants which are radiation-tolerant, theoretically opening a path to growing food in orbital or lunar-surface environments.
This is mentioned in the article!
That sounds like a bad idea
It’s not going to end well for the belters
Ok who wants to stick their dick in it first?
I think you found a perfect fit for you. I’ll lend you my microscope
Me! Me!
The origin story of the toxic avenger
There is a fungus for everything
Forbidden dumplings.
Thought these were green buttholes
I should call her…
=3
It… uhm…
Looks like…
Uhm…
You know…
A butthole
Wash. Your. Ass.
No. I will not wash my wok and I will not wash my ass. I must preserve the flavor
So it’s like last of us, but instead of making everyone a zombie, it makes everyone an drooing asshole with the goal of making the entire planet a radiated nuclear wasteland.
My god, we’ve been blaming social media for that. We are doomed! AI threat was just a diversion.
I wonder if it ‘toots to scoot.’
That’s a pretty funky video in the article. I didn’t see much funghi, but I think the camera sensor was picking up on the radiation. At the dark scenes you can see these white artifacts, almost like ants on the screen, when you don’t have a CRT TV tuned to a channel.
Fungus eats radiation … i think i saw the movie
Real life Fallout’s “Glowing Fungus”