fungus
Timelapse video of hair ice growing, 5 hours in 21sec
#Washington #PNW #HairIce #Fungus #Fungi #Nature #NatureLover #Timelapse #Video #Sunday #SilentSunday #Winter #WaWx
#Chernobyl #Fungus Seems to Have #Evolved an Incredible Ability
Clinging to walls of one of most #radioactive buildings on Earth, scientists have found a strange black fungus curiously living its best life.
Fungus called Cladosporium sphaerospermum, and scientists think its dark pigment – melanin – may allow it to harness ionizing #radiation through a process similar to the way plants harness light for photosynthesis. Proposed mechanism is referred to as #radiosynthesis.
https://www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fungus-seems-to-have-evolved-an-incredible-ability
Some interesting fungosities arising from the Earth in the middle of Pierce Road, Harvard Forest.
Note: "Fungosity" is actually a word. See https://tinyurl.com/3254pxsm.
#fungus #forest #fungi #mushrooms #saprophytes #ecology #biology #biodiversity #nature #naturephotography #forests
